| 单词 | rousing |
| 释义 | rousing (once / 1479 pages) adjn If you've ever been "roused" out of your sleep by someone, then you'll have no trouble seeing that rousing refers to anything that gets you going, up on your feet, energized. There's nothing like a rousing tournament of Twister to get you off your butt and into the game. Cheerleaders and rock stars are in the business of creating rousing spectacles. They want their audiences to get up on their feet, clap their hands, and get on the bandwagon. A good drinking song, too, is rousing, inspiring folks to clink their glasses, sway back and forth, and, well, keep drinking. Beethoven was a master of music that was thoughtful one minute and rousing the very next. WORD FAMILYrousing: rousingest, rousingly, rousings+/rouse: roused, rouser, rouses, rousing/rouser: rousers USAGE EXAMPLESWell, like a lot of what Palmer says, this is smart and witty and rousing. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) Funny, rousing and poignant, it’s kind of film that multiple generations will value. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Except that Pratt’s space pod malfunctions, rousing him 90 years too early. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement a rousing sermon Syn stirring stimulating rousing or quickening activity or the senses 2adj rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation Syn provocative serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy 3n the act of arousing Syn|Hypo|Hyper arousal awakening, wakening, waking up the act of waking excitation, excitementsomething that agitates and arouses incitation, incitementan act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating inflaming, inflammationarousal to violent emotion inspiration, stirringarousing to a particular emotion or action stimulationthe act of arousing an organism to action titillationan agreeable arousal reveillea signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise chiller, hair-raiserexcitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones thrillsomething that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation galvanisation, galvanizationstimulation that arouses a person to lively action change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
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