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stirring 音标拼音: [st'ɚɪŋ] a. 活泼的,活跃的,忙碌的,激动人心的 活泼的,活跃的,忙碌的,激动人心的 stirring adj 1: capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; " a rousing sermon"; " stirring events such as wars and rescues" [ synonym: { rousing}, { stirring}] 2: exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; " a stirring speech" [ synonym: { stirring}, { soul- stirring}] n 1: agitating a liquid with an implement; " constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan" 2: arousing to a particular emotion or action [ synonym: { inspiration}, { stirring}] Stir \ Stir\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Stirring}.] [ OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st[" o] ren, OHG. st[= o] ren to scatter, destroy. [ root] 166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. [ 1913 Webster] My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. [ 1913 Webster] My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. [ 1913 Webster] Stir not questions of jurisdiction. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. " To stir men to devotion." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] And for her sake some mutiny will stir. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. [ 1913 Webster]
Stirring \ Stir" ring\, a. Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life. [ 1913 Webster] A more stirring and intellectual age than any which had gone before it. -- Southey. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Animating; arousing; awakening; stimulating; quickening; exciting. [ 1913 Webster] 104 Moby Thesaurus words for " stirring": active, afoot, agitating, alluring, ardent, astir, awe- inspiring, breathtaking, burning, bustling, challenging, charged, cliff- hanging, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, dramatic, driving, electric, emotional, emotive, emphatic, encouraging, energizing, enthusiastic, eventful, evocative, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, fervent, fiery, full of incident, galvanic, galvanizing, glowing, gripping, heady, heart- expanding, heart- stirring, heart- swelling, heart- thrilling, impassioned, impelling, impressive, in full swing, in motion, inflammatory, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, inviting, jarring, jolting, maddening, melodramatic, mind- blowing, mobile, momentous, motile, motivational, motive, motor, move, movement, moving, on foot, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, passionate, perturbing, phenomenal, piquant, prompting, propellant, propelling, provocative, provoking, ravishing, rousing, soul- stirring, spirit- stirring, spirited, stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stir, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, transitional, traveling, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, urgent, vehement, warm
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