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• ① 使动
  • A gentle [soft] breeze stirred the leaves.一阵微风吹动树叶。

• ② 拌和;搅拌
  • She stirred her coffee (with a spoon).她(用汤匙)搅拌咖啡。
  • stir the fire(用火棒)拨弄使起火
  • The wind was stirring up the dust.风搅起灰尘。
  • She stirred the milk into her tea.她把牛奶放进茶里搅拌。

• ③ 使奋起;惹起;激起;煽动
  • His paintings stirred a lot of interest.他的画激起很大的兴趣。
  • The story stirred her imagination [sympathy].那故事激起了她的遐想[同情]。
  • stir a person's blood使某人热血沸腾
  • Stir yourself!提起精神来吧!走动走动吧!工作吧!
  • She needs stirring up.她需要人家替她打打气。
  • Boredom stirred the boys to mischief.无聊促使那些男孩去恶作剧。
  • The incident stirred him to write a book.那件事件促使他去写一本书。

• ④ 【口】叫醒;使起床

• ⑤ 引起(争斗、不满等),激起<up>
  • Don't stir up trouble.不要惹起麻烦。