Rouse



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 唤醒, 使觉醒;鼓舞
• ［英］ v. 唤醒, 使觉醒 ( waken) ; 鼓舞 ( make more active)
• ［类］ 反义词: mollify ( 抚慰) ; quell ( 镇压)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (roused; rousing)

• Etymology: Middle English, to shake the feathers
• Date: 1531
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic to cause to break from cover
  • 2.
    • a. to stir up ; excite <was roused to fury>
    • b. to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose ; awaken
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become aroused ; awaken
  • 2. to become stirred
• ? rousement noun
• ? rouser noun

II. noun

• Date: 1824
• an act or instance of rousing; especially an excited stir

III. noun

• Etymology: alteration (from misdivision of to drink carouse) of carouse
• Date: circa 1601
• 1. obsolete drink, toast
• 2. archaic carousal

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