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stir something up phrasal verb with stirverbuk /stɜːr/ us /stɝː/-rr-
(EMOTION) C2 to cause an unpleasant emotion or problem to begin or grow: 激起(不快的情感);挑起,煽动(事端) The teacher told him to stop stirring up trouble.老师让他不要再生事。 The photographs stirred up some painful memories.照片勾起了一些痛苦的回忆。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Causing things to happen activation actuation agent attribute attribute something to someone give rise toidiom hyperstimulate hyperstimulation implement implementation launch pad prompt proximately put someone to somethingidiom Pygmalion effect reactivate realization render spark spell
(SUBSTANCE) to cause a substance such as soil or dust to move and rise up: 卷起,搅起,扬起(泥土、尘土等) The helicopter stirred up clouds of dust.直升机扬起了阵阵尘土。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Shaking, swinging and vibrating brandish earth-shaking flap flappy flourish fluff fluff something up reverberation reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily sway thrash tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory waggle |