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单词 excite
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excite
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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 FAMILY
excite: 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
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It’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)
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1v act as a stimulant
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
stimulate
dampen, stifle
smother or suppress
invigorate, quicken
give life or energy to
innervate
stimulate to action
irritate
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
pinch, vellicate
irritate 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
bother
make nervous or agitated
pother
make upset or troubled
electrify
excite suddenly and intensely
disturb, trouble, upset
move deeply
3v arouse or elicit a feeling
Hypo|Hyper
enthuse
cause to feel enthusiasm
bring down
cause 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
work
provoke or excite
thrill
cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input
quicken, whet
make keen or more acute
disgust, gross out, repel, revolt
fill with distaste
nauseate, sicken, turn one's stomach
upset 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 up
stimulate sexually
affright, fright, frighten, scare
cause fear in
thrill, tickle, vibrate
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
invite, tempt
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate
heighten or intensify
titillate
excite pleasurably or erotically
bluff
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
awe
inspire awe in
terrify, terrorise, terrorize
fill with terror; frighten greatly
intimidate
make timid or fearful
alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
consternate
fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
tempt
try to seduce
beatify
make blessedly happy
puff
make proud or conceited
beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
fill with sublime emotion
encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
spook
frighten 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
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
tempt
try to seduce
shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
2
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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