stir
- IPA[stər]
美式
- move a spoon or other implement around in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly；add an ingredient to (a liquid or other substance) by mixing it in with a spoon or other implement
- a slight physical movement；an initial sign of a specified feeling
verb: stir, 3rd person present: stirs, gerund or present participle: stirring, past tense: stirred, past participle: stirred
noun: stir, plural noun: stirs
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. move a spoon or other implement around in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly stir the batter until it is just combined 同義詞
- ▪ add an ingredient to (a liquid or other substance) by mixing it in with a spoon or other implement stir in the flour and cook gently for two minutes
- 2. move or cause to move slightly nothing stirred except the wind a gentle breeze stirred the leaves 同義詞
- ▪ (of a person or animal) rise or wake from sleep no one else had stirred yet 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ leave or go out of (a place) as he grew older, he seldom stirred from his apartment 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ begin or cause to begin to be active or to develop the 1960s, when the civil rights movement stirred a voice stirred her from her reverie 同義詞
- 3. arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite they will be stirred to action by what is written 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ arouse or prompt (a feeling or memory) or inspire (the imagination) the story stirred many memories of my childhood
名詞
- 1. a slight physical movement I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir
- ▪ an initial sign of a specified feeling Caroline felt a stir of anger deep within her breast
- 2. a commotion the event caused quite a stir
- 3. an act of stirring food or drink he gives his chocolate milk a stir
