stir
/stɜː/
(stirring, stirred,stirs)
1. 及物动词 If you stir a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon. 搅动; 搅拌
- Stir the soup for a few seconds. 把汤搅动几秒钟。
- There was Mrs. Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea. 贝林汉姆太太在那儿把糖加入茶中搅拌。
2. 不及物动词 If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. 微动 [书面]
- Eileen shook him, and he started to stir. 艾琳摇了摇他,他开始动了动。
3. 不及物动词 If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. 离开 [书面] [usu with brd-neg]
- She had not stirred from the house that evening. 她那天晚上没有离开过那座房子。
4. 及物动词/不及物动词 If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind. 使轻轻拂动; 轻轻拂动 [书面]
- 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. 及物动词/不及物动词 If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. 唤起; 萌生 [书面]
- Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious. 接着你脑海中涌现出一段回忆,并开始感到不安。
- Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her. 艾米记得他曾惹自己生气。
6. 单数型名词 If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. 轰动; 愤怒
- His movie has caused a stir. 他的电影引起了轰动。
7. 名词 the act or an instance of stirring or the state of being stirred 搅动; 拨动
8. → see also stirring
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