stirred, stirring
- with obj. move a spoon or other implement round and round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly搅拌, 搅和（液体等物质）：
Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit
德斯蒙德搅了搅茶, 然后吃了一块饼干
no obj. pour in the cream and stir well.倒入奶油并拌匀。
stir something in/into
add an ingredient to (a liquid or other substance) in such a way搅入, 拌和：stir in the flour and cook gently for two minutes.
加入面粉拌和后文火煮两分钟。
- no obj. move or begin to move slightly移动; 微动：
nothing stirred except the wind.
除了风以外, 一切都静止不动。
- with obj. cause to move or be disturbed slightly移动; 使微动：
a gentle breeze stirred the leaves
一阵微风吹动了树叶
cloudiness is caused by the fish stirring up mud.
混浊是由于鱼把泥给搅起来了。
- (of a person or animal) rise or wake from sleep（人, 动物）起身; 醒来：
no one else had stirred yet.
其他人都还没有醒。
stir from/out of
(of a person) leave or go out of (a place)（人）离开; 从…走出来：as he grew older, he seldom stirred from his club.
随着年龄的增大, 他很少离开他的俱乐部。
- begin or cause to begin to be active or to develop（使）开始活跃; （使）发展; （使）兴起：
no obj. the 1960s, when the civil rights movement stirred民权运动开始兴起的20世纪60年代
with obj. a voice stirred her from her reverie一个声音使她从幻想中回过神来
he even stirred himself to play an encore.
他甚至激动得加演了一个。
- with obj. arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite煽动, 挑起; 打动; 刺激：
they will be stirred to action by what is written
他们会受所写内容的激发而行动起来
he stirred up the sweating crowd.
他把汗流浃背的一群人煽动起来。
- arouse or prompt (a feeling or memory) or inspire (the imagination)激起, 引起（感情, 回忆）; 激发（想象力）：
the story stirred many memories of my childhood
故事勾起我童年的很多回忆
the rumours had stirred up his anger.
流言飞语激起了他的愤怒。
- no obj. Brit. informal deliberately cause trouble between others by spreading rumours or gossip〈英, 非正式〉挑拨; 惹是生非：
Francis was always stirring, trying to score off people.
弗朗西斯老是惹是生非, 总想羞辱人。
- a slight physical movement微动; 动静：
I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir.
我站着, 睁大眼睛, 竖起耳朵, 捕捉最细微的响动。
- a commotion骚动, 骚乱：
the event caused quite a stir.
那件事引起了很大的轰动。
- an initial sign of a specified feeling隐约的情感：
Caroline felt a stir of anger deep within her breast.
卡罗琳在内心深处感到了一丝怒气。
- an act of mixing food or drink with a spoon or other implement搅动, 拌和：
he gives his Ovaltine a stir.
他搅拌了一下阿华田饮料。
stir the blood
- make someone excited or enthusiastic激起热情, 使兴奋。
stir one's stumps
- often in imperative Brit. informal, dated (of a person) begin to move or act〈英, 非正式, 旧〉（人）开始移动; 开始行动。
stir something up
- cause or provoke trouble or bad feeling惹事, 滋事; 煽动, 激起：
he accused me of trying to stir up trouble.
他指责我想闹事。