English Dictionary

poke borax

動詞

オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語 自動詞 頻度副詞 at と共起

(intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, often with "at") To ridicule.

日本語の意味

あざける / 嘲笑する / バカにする / からかう

The kids used to poke borax at their classmate whenever he got an answer wrong.

子供たちはクラスメートが答えを間違えるたびにからかっていた。

意味（1）

(intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, often with "at") To ridicule.

Maybe the geezer was a major really. Or maybe he was poking borax. That was the trouble with toffs from outside the area – you didn't know where you were with them.

pokes borax （ present singular third-person ）

poking borax （ participle present ）

poked borax （ participle past ）

poked borax （ past ）