| 单词 | excite |
| 释义 | excite v.tr. 1. a rouse the feelings or emotions of (a person). b bring into play; rouse up (feelings, faculties, etc.). c arouse sexually. 2. provoke; bring about (an action or active condition). 3. promote the activity of (an organism, tissue, etc.) by stimulus. 4. Electr. a cause (a current) to flow in the winding of an electromagnet. b supply a signal. 5. Physics a cause the emission of (a spectrum). b cause (a substance) to emit radiation. c put (an atom etc.) into a state of higher energy. Derivatives excitant adj. & n. excitative adj. excitatory adj. excitedly adv. excitedness n. excitement n. exciter n. (esp. in senses 4, 5). Etymology: ME f. OF exciter or L excitare frequent. of exciere (as EX-(1), ciere set in motion) |
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