stir

英 [stɜː(r)]

美 [stɜːr]

v.  搅动; 搅和; 搅拌; (使)微动; (使)行动，活动
n.  (一些人感到的)激动，愤怒，震动; 搅动; 搅和; 搅拌

过去式：stirred　现在分词：stirring　过去分词：stirred　第三人称单数：stirs　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3008 / COCA.1899

短语动词

短语用例

stir sb↔up

• 激励；鼓动
  to encourage sb to do sth; to make sb feel they must do sth

stir sth↔up

• 激起（感情）
  to make people feel strong emotions
• 挑起，煽动（争执或事端）
  to try to cause arguments or problems
  1. She heard the baby stir in the next room.
     她听见婴儿在隔壁动弹。
  2. A slight breeze was stirring the branches.
     微风吹动着树枝。
  3. A noise stirred me from sleep.
     响声把我从睡梦中惊醒。
• （水或空气中）搅起；吹起
  to make sth move around in water or air
  1. You haven't stirred from that chair all evening!
     你坐在那把椅子上一晚上没动了！
  2. Come on, stir yourself. You're late!
     快，快走吧。你要迟到了！
  3. Their complaints have finally stirred him into action.
     他们的抱怨最终促使他采取了行动。

习惯用语

v.

stir the blood
• 使人兴奋；激起热情
  to make sb excited
stir your stumps
• 起身走；赶快
  to begin to move; to hurry

牛津词典

verb

使混合 mix
• 搅动；搅和；搅拌
  to move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or sth similar, in order to mix it thoroughly
  1. She stirred her tea.
     她搅了搅茶。
  2. The vegetables are stirred into the rice while it is hot.
     趁米饭热时把蔬菜拌进去。
  3. Stir in the milk until the sauce thickens.
     把牛奶搅进去，直到酱汁变稠为止。
移动 move
• （使）微动
  to move, or to make sth move, slightly
  1. She heard the baby stir in the next room.
     她听见婴儿在隔壁动弹。
  2. A slight breeze was stirring the branches.
     微风吹动着树枝。
  3. A noise stirred me from sleep.
     响声把我从睡梦中惊醒。
• （使）行动，活动
  to move, or to make sb move, in order to do sth
  1. You haven't stirred from that chair all evening!
     你坐在那把椅子上一晚上没动了！
  2. Come on, stir yourself. You're late!
     快，快走吧。你要迟到了！
  3. Their complaints have finally stirred him into action.
     他们的抱怨最终促使他采取了行动。
感觉 feelings
• 打动；激发
  to make sb excited or make them feel sth strongly
  1. a book that really stirs the imagination
     很能激发人的想象力的书
  2. She was stirred by his sad story.
     他那悲惨的故事打动了她。
• 开始感到；逐渐产生；萌动；被唤起
  to begin to be felt
  1. A feeling of guilt began to stir in her.
     她心里渐渐生出了内疚感。
引起麻烦 cause trouble
• 拨弄是非
  to try to cause trouble
  1. You're just stirring it !
     你这不是搬弄是非吗！

noun

• （一些人感到的）激动，愤怒，震动
  excitement, anger or shock that is felt by a number of people
  1. Her resignation caused quite a stir .
     她的辞职引起很大震动。
• 搅动；搅和；搅拌
  the action of stirring sth
  1. Could you give the rice a stir?
     你把米饭搅一搅好吗？

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搅动;搅拌;搅和
  If youstira liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon.
  1. Stir the soup for a few seconds...
     将汤搅和几秒钟。
  2. There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea...
     贝林厄姆太太正在那里将糖搅进茶里。
  3. You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.
     将蜂蜜搅入后再加花生酱。
• VERB (因不舒服)稍稍活动;(睡醒前)挪动身体
  If youstir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up.
  1. Eileen shook him, and he started to stir...
     艾琳晃了晃他，他开始醒过来。
  2. The two women lay on their backs, not stirring.
     两名妇女一动不动地仰面躺着。
• VERB 离开
  If you do notstir froma place, you do not move from it.
  1. She had not stirred from the house that evening...
     她那天晚上没有离开过那座房子。
  2. There's something you could study without stirring from this room.
     有些东西你不用离开这个房间也可以学习。
• V-ERG (使)轻轻拂动
  If somethingstirsor if the windstirsit, it moves gently in the wind.
  1. Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze...
     棕榈树在太平洋和煦的微风中轻轻地摇动。
  2. Not a breath of fresh air stirred the long white curtains.
     连一丝风也没有，白色的长窗帘一动不动。
• VERB (使)行动;(使)开始做;激励
  If youstir yourself, or if somethingstirsyouintoaction, you move in order to start doing something.
  1. Stir yourself! We've got a visitor...
     动起来！有客人来了。
  2. You can't even stir yourself to have a drink with them...
     你甚至都懒得去和他们喝一杯。
  3. The sight of them stirred him into action.
     一看到他们，他就行动起来了。
• VERB 打动;激起，激发(强烈的感情)
  If somethingstirsyou, it makes you react with a strong emotion.
  1. The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then...
     现在那声音已不那么刺耳，它又如当年一样让她怦然心动。
  2. I was intrigued by him, stirred by his intellect.
     我被他的聪明才智所打动，对他产生了好奇心。
• V-ERG (回忆、感情或情绪)产生，苏醒，萌动;引发;唤起
  If a particular memory, feeling, or moodstirsoris stirred inyou, you begin to think about it or feel it.
  1. Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious...
     接着一段回忆涌上心头，你开始感到焦虑不安。
  2. Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her...
     埃米还记得他曾怎样惹自己生气。
  3. Deep inside the awareness was stirring that something was about to happen.
     内心深处隐隐感觉到有什么事即将发生。
• N-SING 轰动;骚动;骚乱
  If an event causes astir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people.
  1. His film has caused a stir in America.
     他的电影已在美国引起了轰动。
• See also:stirring
• PHRASE 受到轻微影响;小受打击
  If you say that someone has beenshaken but not stirredby an experience, you mean that they have been slightly disturbed or emotionally affected by it, but not deeply enough to change their behaviour or way of thinking.
  1. A clash with America over farm subsidies had left the Europeans and their common agricultural policy shaken but not stirred.
     在农场补贴问题上和美国之间的冲突使得欧洲人以及其共同的农业政策略受冲击。

双语例句

• Stir yourself! We've got a visitor
  动起来！有客人来了。
• Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
  要不时地搅拌牛奶蛋糊，防止其表面结皮。
• His arrival [ coming] caused a great stir.
  他的到来引起了很大的骚动。
• Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze
  棕榈树在太平洋和煦的微风中轻轻地摇动。
• Stir in 1 level teaspoon of yeast.
  加入一平茶匙的酵母后搅拌。
• Stir the parsley into the potatoes and serve at room temperature.
  把欧芹拌入土豆里，放至常温后再端上桌。
• Don't stir or the sugar will crystallise.
  不要搅，否则糖会结晶。
• I can stir my own tea, thank you
  我的茶我自己会搅，谢谢。
• He said senior government officials were trying to stir up ethnic tension
  他说政府高级官员们正在试图挑起紧张的种族局势。
• You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.
  将蜂蜜搅入后再加花生酱。