stirred

柯林斯詞典

stir /st??/ (stirring,stirred,stirs)

• 1. V-T If you stir a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon. 攪動(dòng); 攪拌

  Stir the soup for a few seconds. 把湯攪動(dòng)幾秒鐘。

  There was Mrs. Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea. 貝林漢姆太太在那兒把糖加入茶中攪拌。

• 2. V-I If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. 微動(dòng)[書面]

  Eileen shook him, and he started to stir. 艾琳搖了搖他，他開始動(dòng)了動(dòng)。

• 3. V-I If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. 離開[書面] [usu with brd-neg]

  She had not stirred from the house that evening. 她那天晚上沒有離開過那座房子。

• 4. V-T/V-I If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind. 使輕輕拂動(dòng); 輕輕拂動(dòng)[書面]

  Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze. 棕櫚樹在太平洋和煦的微風(fēng)里輕輕搖動(dòng)。

• 5. V-T/V-I If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. 喚起; 萌生[書面]

  Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious. 接著你腦海中涌現(xiàn)出一段回憶，并開始感到不安。

  Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her. 艾米記得他曾惹自己生氣。

• 6. N-SING If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. 轟動(dòng); 憤怒

  His movie has caused a stir. 他的電影引起了轟動(dòng)。

• 7. N the act or an instance of stirring or the state of being stirred 攪動(dòng); 撥動(dòng)

• 8. →see also stirring

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