prod 的 2 个定义
prod·ded, prod·ding.
- to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- to rouse or incite as if by poking; nag; goad.
- the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- any of various pointed instruments used as a goad, especially an electrified rod that administers a mild shock: a cattle prod.
prod 近义词
poke at
urge, incite
更多prod例句
- God has to continually prompt and prod him, and puts his brother Aaron at his side to do most of the real leadership.
- These tests prod and poke the children, creating lots of anxiety and taking away from the joy of learning.
- But to prod the War on Drugs ever further into history is to make the death of children like Michael Brown ever less likely.
- Those were executive action, designed to call attention to an issue, prod Congress, or achieve results.
- And, of course, a rebuke to our current politics and especially our president, who seems unable to prod a bee to buzz.
- No sooner had his feet hit the floor, however, than he felt the cold, stern prod of the barrel of an automatic.
- She was badly needed to prod the Mexican women in their labors of making beds and sweeping rooms that were occupied twice daily.
- For the time being, I'd like to loaf on you for a week or so and watch the wheels go around without my having to prod them.
- It is wonderful how a mite of laudation will prod us to be more worthy.
- We felt the prod of gregarious instinct, the drawing together as though for united action, the impulse toward cooperation.