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prod

verb
🔊/prɒd/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prod
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he / she / it prods
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past simple prodded
🔊/ˈprɒdɪd/
🔊/ˈprɑːdɪd/
past participle prodded
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🔊/ˈprɑːdɪd/
-ing form prodding
🔊/ˈprɒdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈprɑːdɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to push somebody/something with your finger or with a pointed object戳；杵；捅 synonym poke
    • prod somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.她用手指杵他的肋部把他叫醒。🔊🔊
    • She prodded the dry ground with a stick.她用棍子戳弄着干燥的地面。
    • prod at somebody/something He prodded at his breakfast with a fork.他拿叉子戳弄着早餐。🔊🔊
    • prod somebody/something + adj Martha prodded him awake.玛莎把他捅醒了。
  2. [transitive] to try to make somebody do something, especially when they are unwilling催促；督促；鼓动
    • prod somebody into something She finally prodded him into action.她终于促使他行动起来。🔊🔊
    • prod somebody into doing something Institutions were prodded into changing over to commercial management structures.机构被迫转变为商业管理结构。
    • prod (somebody) + speech ‘You still haven't answered my question,’ she prodded him.“你仍然没有回答我的问题，”她对他说。
    • prod somebody to do something He kept very quiet until she prodded him to say what he was looking for.他一直沉默不语，后来她软磨硬泡地让他说出了他想找什么。
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps symbolic of a short poking movement, or a blend of poke and dialect brod ‘to goad, prod’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.

prod

noun
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  1. the act of pushing somebody with your finger or with a pointed object戳；杵；捅 synonym dig
    • She gave him a sharp prod with her umbrella.她用雨伞使劲捅了他一下。🔊🔊
    • She gave the pile of clothes another prod.她又捅了一下那堆衣服。
  2. (informal) an act of encouraging somebody or of reminding somebody to do something催促；鼓励；提醒
    • If they haven't replied by next week, you'll have to call them and give them a prod.如果下周他们还没答复，你就得打电话催催他们。🔊🔊
  3. an instrument like a stick that is used for prodding animals （赶牲畜用的）尖棒，刺棒
  4. Prod
    (also Proddie
    🔊/ˈprɒdi/
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    )
     (informal) (especially in Ireland) an offensive word for a Protestant（贬称）新教徒
    5. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps symbolic of a short poking movement, or a blend of poke and dialect brod ‘to goad, prod’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.