poking

grammar · medium

易错句子Don't poke on the phone screen with a pen.

正确表达Don't poke at the phone screen with a pen.

poke 表示“戳、捅”时，用 at 引出被戳的目标，即 poke at sth；on 是中文“在……上”的直译，不能这样搭配。

grammar · medium

易错句子He gave the fire a poking with a stick.

正确表达He gave the fire a poke with a stick.

表示“戳一下”这个单次动作时，poke 是可数名词，用 a poke；poking 是动名词或现在分词，不能加 a 当单数名词用。

grammar · medium

易错句子They always poke fun me at school.

正确表达They always poke fun at me at school.

poke fun at sb 是固定搭配，介词 at 不能省略；不能按中文“取笑某人”直接接宾语。