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stir (obj) MOVEHstV:5, $stV:rv-rr- to (cause to) move slightly使微动,移动A light breeze stirred the leaves lying on the path. [T]一阵微风拨动了路上的落叶。The air was still and not a leaf or a blade of grass stirred. [I]一点风也没有,连树叶和草都纹丝不动。He stirred in his sleep as I looked at him. [I]当我看着他时,他在睡梦中微微动了一下。We went out for a walk at five in the morning, when not a soul was stirring (= when no one else was awake or moving about). [I]我们清晨5点外出散步时不见其他人影。To stir or stir yourself is to wake up or begin to move or take action.醒来,使行动Come on, stir yourselves, or you'll be late! [T]快起床,否则你会迟到的!The alarm clock went off, but she didn't stir. [I]闹钟响了,但她没有醒。After three years of recession, the property market is beginning to stir again. [I]在三年的衰退之后,房地产市场开始再次活跃。All winter the hedgehog never stirs from (= leaves) its warm hiding place. [I]整个冬天刺猬从不离开它那温暖的躲藏地。If something stirs you, it makes you feel a strong emotion打动,煽动 I was deeply stirred by her moving performance. [T]我被她那感人的表演深深打动了。The speech stirred the crowd to take action. [T + obj + to infinitive]这讲话激起群众采取行动。(literary) If an emotion stirs within you, you begin to feel it.涌动Hope stirred within her breast. [I]希望在她胸中涌动。To stir up something\\, such as earth or dust, is to cause it to move and rise up.扬起,卷起The explosion stirred up clouds of mud from the sea bed. [M]爆炸从海底卷起了团团泥沙。(literary) If something stirs your blood, it excites you.使兴奋His adventure stories never fail to stir the blood.他的冒险故事总是令人感到兴奋。
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