stir /stɜː/ CET4 TEM4 ( 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. 搅动; 搅拌

  例：

  Stir the soup for a few seconds.

  把汤搅动几秒钟。

  例：

  There was Mrs. Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea.

  贝林汉姆太太在那儿把糖加入茶中搅拌。

• 2. 

  V-I If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. 微动 [书面]

  例：

  Eileen shook him, and he started to stir.

  艾琳摇了摇他，他开始动了动。

• 3. 

  V-I If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. 离开 [书面] [usu with brd-neg]

  例：

  She had not stirred from the house that evening.

  她那天晚上没有离开过那座房子。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind. 使轻轻拂动; 轻轻拂动 [书面]

  例：

  Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze.

  棕榈树在太平洋和煦的微风里轻轻摇动。

• 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. 唤起; 萌生 [书面]

  例：

  Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious.

  接着你脑海中涌现出一段回忆，并开始感到不安。

  例：

  Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her.

  艾米记得他曾惹自己生气。

• 6. 

  N-SING If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. 轰动; 愤怒

  例：

  His movie has caused a stir.

  他的电影引起了轰动。

• 7. 

  N the act or an instance of stirring or the state of being stirred 搅动; 拨动

• 8. 

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