单词 | stirring |
释义 | stirring From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstirringstir‧ring1 /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ adjectiveEXCITEDproducing strong feelings or excitement in someone SYN rousing a stirring speech stirring music —stirringly adverbExamples from the Corpusstirring• This was my favourite song as it was quite easy to sing and it had a stirring, catching rhythm.• It was a stirring place to visit but maybe you wouldn't want to live there.• Theatres and concert halls can be beautiful and stirring places, quite apart from what goes on in them.• I make them, despite a stirring strangeness in my stomach.• For the first couple of days this was stirring stuff - until practical difficulties began to take their toll.stirringstirring2 noun [countable]SHOW/BE A SIGN OFan early sign that something is starting to happenstirring of the first stirrings of springExamples from the Corpusstirring• Each morning there is a faint stirring of excitement when the zeks march to work.• I hear the stirring of wings. |
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