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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   arouse

   • IPA[əˈrouz]

   美式

   • v.
     evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response)；excite or provoke (someone) to anger or strong emotions

   • verb: arouse, 3rd person present: arouses, gerund or present participle: arousing, past tense: aroused, past participle: aroused

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response) something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions the letter aroused in him a sense of urgency 同義詞 cause, induce, prompt, set off, trigger, ... 更多stir up, inspire, call forth, call/bring into being, draw forth, bring out, excite, evoke, pique, whet, stir, engender, generate, kindle, fire, touch off, spark off, provoke, foster, whip up, sow the seeds of, literaryenkindle反義詞 allay
   • ▪ excite or provoke (someone) to anger or strong emotions an ability to influence the audience and to arouse the masses 同義詞 stir up, rouse, excite, galvanize, electrify, ... 更多stimulate, inspire, move, fire up, fire the enthusiasm of, fire the imagination of, get going, whip up, inflame, agitate, goad, provoke, spur on, urge, encourage, animate, incite, egg on, light a fire under, rareinspirit反義詞 pacify
   • ▪ excite (someone) sexually I was surprised to find that this look aroused me 同義詞 excite, arouse sexually, stimulate, make feel sexually excited, make feel sexy, ... 更多titillate, please, attract, informalturn on, get going, give someone a thrill, float someone's boat, do it for someone, light someone's fire, tickle someone's fancy反義詞 turn off
   • 2. awaken (someone) from sleep she had been aroused by the telephone 同義詞 wake, wake up, waken, awaken, bring to, ... 更多bring around, rouse, informalknock up反義詞 send to sleep