stir

英 [st??] 美[st?]

CET4TEM4IELTSGRE考研CET6核心詞匯中頻詞

第三人稱單數:?stirs;過去式:?stirred;過去分詞:?stirred;現在分詞:?stirring;

stir 攪動，攪拌，打動，激發

來自古英語 styrian,攪動，攪拌，來自 Proto-Germanic*sturjan,攪動，來自 PIE*stwer,旋轉，轉動，詞源同 storm,turn.引申諸相關詞義。

stir: stir: [OE] The etymological connotations of stir are of ‘agitation’ and ‘disturbance’; the notion of ‘mixing a liquid with circular movements of a spoon or other implement’ is a secondary development. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sturjan, whose only other living descendant is Norwegian styrja ‘make a disturbance’. It was formed from a base *stur-, which was probably also responsible for English storm.
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stir (v.): Old English styrian "to stir, move; rouse, agitate, incite, urge" (transitive and intransitive), from Proto-Germanic *sturjan (cognates: Middle Dutch stoeren, Dutch storen "to disturb," Old High German storan "to scatter, destroy," German st?ren "to disturb"), from PIE *(s)twer- (1) "to turn, whirl" (see storm (n.)). Related: Stirred; stirring. Stir-fry (v.) is attested from 1959.
stir (n.): "commotion, disturbance, tumult," late 14c. (in phrase on steir), probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse styrr "disturbance, tumult," from the same root as stir (v.)). The sense of "movement, bustle" (1560s) probably is from the English verb.

1. Stir the pork about until it turns white all the way through.: 不停攪動豬肉，直到它全部變白為止。

4. Stir the parsley into the potatoes and serve at room temperature.: 把歐芹拌入土豆里，放至常溫后再端上桌。

5. Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.: 要不時地攪拌牛奶蛋糊，防止其表面結皮。