stir/stɜːʳ/

vt

1. 搅动，搅拌

• Put some sugar in the coffee and stir it. 加些糖在咖啡里，再搅拌一下。

• stir the sauce 搅动沙司

2. 唤醒；唤起

• stir sb. from a sound sleep 把某人从熟睡中唤醒

• The news stirred memories of their own prosecution. 那条新闻唤起了他们对于自己所受迫害的回忆。

3. 激发；煽动

• stir interest in sth. 激发对某事的兴趣

• stir protests 煽动抗议

4. 拔动；移动

• The wind stirred the fallen leaves. 风卷起了落叶。

• A breeze stirred the lake. 微风吹拂湖面。

词组stir up 激起；煽动；引起

• The suggestion stirred up great interest among people. 这项提议激起了人们很大的兴趣。

• He is always stirring up trouble. 他经常惹麻烦。

• They were stirred up to create trouble. 他们受到煽动起来闹事。