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单词 stoker
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stoker

(stoʊkəʳ)
Word forms: plural stokers
countable noun
In former times a stoker was a person whose job was to stoke fires, especially on a ship or a steam train.

stoker in British English

(ˈstəʊkə)
noun
a person employed to tend a furnace, as on a steamship
Word origin
C17: from Dutch, from stoken to stoke

Stoker in British English

(ˈstəʊkə)
noun
Bram, original name Abraham Stoker. 1847–1912, Irish novelist, author of Dracula (1897)

stoker in American English

(ˈstoʊkər)
noun
1. 
a person who tends a furnace, specif. of a steam boiler, as, esp. formerly, on a ship, locomotive, etc.
2. 
a mechanical device that stokes a furnace
Word origin
Du < stoken, to poke, stir up < stok, a stick: see stock

Examples of 'stoker' in a sentence
stoker

The stoker was a chap called Ted Bullivant, the uncle of somebody I knew at school.
Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR
Stephen, the young stoker, was there, acting the part of sentry: McKinnon told him to join the others on the mess-decks.
Maclean, Alistair SAN ANDREAS
A young and rather diminutive stoker appeared in the doorway.
Maclean, Alistair SAN ANDREAS
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