poking stick

基本解釋

RVers get their own picnic bench and fire pit; poking a stick into a fire as night falls is almost mandatory, with campsites selling firewood for $5-$7 (￡3-￡4.50) a bundle.
房車(chē)旅行者們拿出自己的野餐椅和烤爐，在夜幕降臨時(shí)陞起營(yíng)火似乎成了大家的槼定動(dòng)作。營(yíng)地裡有柴火供應(yīng)，每綑的售價(jià)爲(wèi)3-4.5鎊。
For the first time, biologists have documented the gorillas in the wild, using simple tools to perform rudimentary tasks such as poking a stick in a swampy pool of water to check its depth.
生物學(xué)家第一次在野外觀察到了大猩猩利用簡(jiǎn)單的工具完成原始的任務(wù)，例如用一根棍子戳入沼澤水塘以試探其深度。
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth.
夢(mèng)開(kāi)始於教師的信任。教師拉著、推著、領(lǐng)著你到新的高度，有時(shí)還用一種名叫“真理”的尖利棍子戳你。

So, if somebody pokes you with a stick and you say, "Ouch," because it hurts, the poking and the "Ouch" is an unconditioned stimulus causing an unconditioned response.
如果有人用棍子戳你，你會(huì)因爲(wèi)疼而叫出來(lái)，戳的動(dòng)作和你的喊叫“,這就是無(wú)條件刺激引起了無(wú)條件反射。
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Ken had his BlackBerry, was poking away at it with the little plastic stick.
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