新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

stir

英  [stɜː]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[SING 单数型名词] 轰动 , 愤怒

    If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people.

    近义词

    commotion

    双语例句

    例:

    His film has caused a stir.

    他的电影引起了轰动。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • stir up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 扬起

    If something stirs up dust or stirs up mud in water, it causes it to rise up and move around.

    双语例句

    例:

    They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up.

    他们先看到了扬起的一团尘土,然后才看到了汽车。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 挑起

    If you stir up a particular mood or situation, usually a bad one, you cause it.

    双语例句

    例:

    As usual, Harriet is trying to stir up trouble.

    与往常一样,哈里特正在试图挑起事端。

    VERB. 动词
  • stirs , stirring , stirred

    1[T 及物动词] 搅动 , 搅拌

    If you stir a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon.

    双语例句

    例:

    Stir the soup for a few seconds.

    把汤搅动几秒钟。

    例:

    There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea.

    贝林汉姆太太正在那里把糖搅进茶里。

    2[I 不及物动词] 稍稍活动 , 挪动身体

    If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up.

    近义词

    move

    双语例句

    例:

    Eileen shook him, and he started to stir.

    艾琳晃了晃他,他开始醒过来。

    3[I 不及物动词] 离开

    If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it.

    近义词

    move

    双语例句

    例:

    She had not stirred from the house that evening.

    她那天晚上没有离开过那座房子。

    4[I 不及物动词] 使轻轻拂动 , 轻轻拂动

    If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind.

    近义词

    move

    双语例句

    例:

    Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze.

    棕榈树在太平洋和煦的微风里轻轻摇动。

    5[I 不及物动词] 唤起 , 萌生

    If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious.

    接着一段回忆涌上心头,你开始感到焦虑不安。

    例:

    Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her.

    艾米记得他曾惹自己生气。