单词 | excite |
释义 | excite (once / 43 pages) 1v 2v To excite is to stimulate, animate, or energize. The return of your favorite TV show might excite you, and winning millions of dollars in the lottery will definitely excite you. While a new book by a beloved author excites one person, and an extra scoop of ice cream excites another, it might take something like a free trip to Hawaii to excite you. In quantum mechanics, the word excite takes on a more scientific meaning: to raise something, like an atom or an electron, to a higher level of energy. The Latin root of excite is excitare, "rouse, call out, or summon forth." WORD FAMILYexcite: excitable, excitant, excitation, excitative, excitatory, excited, excitement, excites, exciting+/excitability: excitabilities/excitable: excitability, excitableness, excitably, unexcitable/excitant: excitants/excitation: excitations/excited: excitedly, overexcited, unexcited/excitement: excitements/exciting: excitingest, excitingly, unexciting/unexcited: unexcitedly/unexciting: unexcitingly USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a daunting and exciting challenge, one that will require collaboration from all types of farmers and consumers. Time(Dec 01, 2016) STONE: That was an exciting aspect that it was our third thing together. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) “Everybody was excited after the game, celebrating a bit,” Evans said. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1v act as a stimulant Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper stimulate dampen, stifle smother or suppress invigorate, quicken give life or energy to innervatestimulate to action irritateexcite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus pinch, vellicateirritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon 2v cause to be agitated, excited, or roused Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper agitate, charge, charge up, commove, rouse, turn on calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize make calm or still hype up, psych up get excited or stimulated bothermake nervous or agitated pothermake upset or troubled electrifyexcite suddenly and intensely disturb, trouble, upset move deeply 3v arouse or elicit a feeling Hypo|Hyper enthuse cause to feel enthusiasm bring downcause to be enthusiastic arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 4v stir feelings in excite the audience Syn|Hypo|Hyper stimulate, stir horripilate cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps workprovoke or excite thrillcause to be thrilled by some perceptual input quicken, whetmake keen or more acute disgust, gross out, repel, revoltfill with distaste nauseate, sicken, turn one's stomachupset and make nauseated sensitise, sensitize cause to sense; make sensitive 5v stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of Syn|Hypo|Hyper shake, shake up, stimulate, stir fuel stimulate arouse, sex, turn on, wind upstimulate sexually affright, fright, frighten, scarecause fear in thrill, tickle, vibratefeel sudden intense sensation or emotion invite, temptgive rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, upliftfill with high spirits; fill with optimism animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorateheighten or intensify titillateexcite pleasurably or erotically blufffrighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is aweinspire awe in terrify, terrorise, terrorizefill with terror; frighten greatly intimidatemake timid or fearful alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrifyfill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised consternatefill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion tempttry to seduce beatifymake blessedly happy puffmake proud or conceited beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pinkfill with sublime emotion encourageinspire with confidence; give hope or courage to spookfrighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 6v stimulate sexually 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper arouse, sex, turn on, wind up tempt try to seduce shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 1v raise to a higher energy level excite the atoms Syn|Hyper energise, energize alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v produce a magnetic field in excite the neurons Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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