1 VERB 搅动;搅拌;搅和 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;搅和
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Stir the soup for a few seconds. [VERB noun]
将汤搅和几秒钟。
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There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea. [VERB noun + into]
贝林厄姆太太正在那里将糖搅进茶里。
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You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey. [V n with in]
将蜂蜜搅入后再加花生酱。
SYN mix, blend, whisk, beat
2 VERB (因不舒服)稍稍活动;(睡醒前)挪动身体 If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. (因不舒服)稍稍活动;(睡醒前)挪动身体 [written]
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Eileen shook him, and he started to stir. [VERB]
艾琳晃了晃他，他开始醒过来。
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The two women lay on their backs, not stirring. [VERB]
两名妇女一动不动地仰面躺着。
SYN move, change position
3 VERB 离开 If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. 离开 [written]
4 V-ERG (使)轻轻拂动 If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind. (使)轻轻拂动 [written]
5 VERB (使)行动;(使)开始做;激励 If you stir yourself, or if something stirs you into action, you move in order to start doing something. (使)行动;(使)开始做;激励
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Stir yourself! We've got a visitor. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
动起来！有客人来了。
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You can't even stir yourself to have a drink with them. [VERB pronoun-reflexive to-infinitive]
你甚至都懒得去和他们喝一杯。
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The sight of them stirred him into action. [VERB noun prep.]
一看到他们，他就行动起来了。
SYN spur, drive, prompt, stimulate
6 VERB 打动;激起，激发(强烈的感情) If something stirs you, it makes you react with a strong emotion. 打动;激起，激发(强烈的感情) [written]
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The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then. [VERB noun]
现在那声音已不那么刺耳，它又如当年一样让她怦然心动。
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I was intrigued by him, stirred by his intellect. [VERB noun]
我被他的聪明才智所打动，对他产生了好奇心。
SYN stimulate, move, excite, fire
7 V-ERG (回忆、感情或情绪)产生，苏醒，萌动;引发;唤起 If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. (回忆、感情或情绪)产生，苏醒，萌动;引发;唤起 [written]
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Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious. [VERB + in]
接着一段回忆涌上心头，你开始感到焦虑不安。
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Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her. [VERB noun + in]
埃米还记得他曾怎样惹自己生气。
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Deep inside the awareness was stirring that something was about to happen. [VERB]
内心深处隐隐感觉到有什么事即将发生。
8 N-SING 轰动;骚动;骚乱 If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. 轰动;骚动;骚乱
SYN commotion, to-do, excitement, sensation
10 PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE] 受到轻微影响;小受打击 If you say that someone has been shaken but not stirred by an experience, you mean that they have been slightly disturbed or emotionally affected by it, but not deeply enough to change their behaviour or way of thinking. 受到轻微影响;小受打击 [journalism, informal]
| Word Partnership | Use stir with: |
| N. | stir a mixture, stir in sugar 1 |
| VERB. | cause a stir, create a stir 8 |
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