单词 | rouse |
释义 | Word Frequency rouse 1(raʊz) verb 1. to bring (oneself or another person) out of sleep, unconsciousness, etc, or (of a person) to come to consciousness in this way 2. (transitive) to provoke, stir, or excite to rouse someone's anger 3. rouse oneself 4. hunting to start or cause to start from cover to rouse game birds 5. (intransitive) falconry (of hawks) to ruffle the feathers and cause them to stand briefly on end (a sign of contentment) 6. (raʊs) (intransitive; foll by on) Australian to speak scoldingly or rebukingly (to) noun 7. mainly US another term for reveille Derived forms rousedness (ˈraʊzɪdnɪs) noun Word origin C15 (in sense 5): origin obscureWord Frequency rouse 2(raʊz) noun archaic 1. an alcoholic drink, esp a full measure 2. another word for carousal Word origin C17: probably a variant of carouse (as in the phrase drink a rouse, erroneous for drink carouse); compare Danish drikke en rus to become drunk, German Rausch drunkenness |
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