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单词 astir
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astirv.

Forms: Old English astyri-, astiri-an, Middle English astiri-, asteri-, Middle English asturi-en, Middle English astere, 1500s asteir.
Etymology: Old English astyri-an , < a- prefix1 up, out + styrian to stir v.; cognate with Old High German irsturen, Middle High German erstürn to stir up.
Obsolete.
To stir up, move, disturb, excite, physically or emotionally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]
astirc1000
stir?c1225
araisec1374
entalentc1374
flamec1380
reara1382
raisec1384
commove1393
kindlea1400
fluster1422
esmove1474
talent1486
heavec1540
erect?1555
inflame1560
to set on gog1560
yark1565
tickle1567
flesh1573
concitate1574
rouse1574
warmc1580
agitate1587
spirit1598
suscitate1598
fermentate1599
nettle1599
startle1602
worka1616
exagitate1621
foment1621
flush1633
exacuatea1637
ferment1667
to work up1681
pique1697
electrify1748
rattle1781
pump1791
to touch up1796
excite1821
to key up1835
to steam up1909
jazz1916
steam1922
volt1930
whee1949
to fire up1976
geek1984
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) v. 4 Þæt water wæs astyred.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) xv. 11 Þa astyredon þa bisceopas þa menegu.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 He sake ne asterde.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14365 Astured wes al þas þeode strong-liche swiðe.
1567 Test. & Trag. King Henrie Stewart (single sheet) My solace sorow sobbing to asteir.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

astiradv.

Brit. /əˈstəː/, U.S. /əˈstər/
Etymology: a prep.1 + stir n.1 Not in any Dict. of 18th cent.: not in Todd 1818, Craig 1847, Webster 1864. First in northern writers; perhaps anglicized from Scots asteer adv. Originally phrase.
Stirring.
a. esp. Out of bed, up and moving about.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > [adverb] > in action or actively about
upc1460
asteer1786
astir1823
around1849
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [adverb] > out of or risen from bed
upc1390
in, to, out of beda1739
astir1823
1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 23 Hush, there is some one on the stir!]
1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. i. vii. 69 Astir by eight o'clock.
1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 236 It is lucky..we have found our friends astir.
1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iii. 46 The whole village was early astir.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxx. 162 Now it is morning, and everybody is astir.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vi. 163 Early as it is, the world is astir.
b. gen. In motion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > [adverb] > in motion
aboutc1325
on footc1400
afoot1786
astir1856
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 17 All hands are astir with their [the winds'] novel influences.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 62 When there is much wind astir.
c. figurative. In excitement.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > [adverb] > in a state of excitement
agogc1450
up1470
full scent1614
atop of the house?1651
astir1837
a-seethe1879
above oneself1890
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. v. 314 All Kings and Kinglets,..are astir; their brows clouded with menace.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 34 The village is astir with sea-faring men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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