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单词 stimulus
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Definition of stimulus in English:

stimulus

nounPlural stimuli ˈstɪmjʊləsˈstɪmjələs
  • 1A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

    areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The neurogenic stimulus did not alter albumin exudation in any group.
    • A cascade of events must occur for the neurotransmitter stimulus to lead to cellular response.
    • The stimuli evoked pain in the control subjects and the patients with psoriasis.
    • Local stimulation by distension along the body of the esophagus will elicit a peristaltic wave at the stimulus site.
    • State anxiety is a transitory state, which occurs in response to a stimulus and is likely to vary in intensity as a function of the stimulus.
    • There may even be some spontaneous movement in response to stimuli such as loud noises or pain.
    • A number of studies suggest that arousal may be provoked by respiratory stimuli.
    • In mice, one way to get around this problem is by engineering animals that can only respond to a given stimulus in a single cell type.
    • In patients with primary sodium retention, the afferent stimuli are suppressed.
    • They had slower reaction times for visual and auditory stimuli, as well as subtle chorea, dystonia, and nystagmus.
    • They are conditioned to respond to an auditory stimulus by, for example, dropping a block when a sound is heard through earphones.
    • However, the primary stimulus for cytokine secretion during cardiac illness remains unknown.
    • However, reaction times to visual stimuli were faster after using a mobile phone.
    • The Tullio phenomenon represents vestibular symptoms and/or eye movements evoked by a sound stimulus.
    • Herein, we would like to add activating a topic receptor as a proapoptotic stimulus for its cells in the Table.
    • One explanation for this might be that athletes develop cutaneous blood vessels that respond more to vasodilatory stimuli.
    • The combination of visual and auditory stimuli is intriguing as well for the audience.
    • Many other animals have sense organs that can detect stimuli beyond the confines of the human senses.
    • The sensation of respiratory symptoms has to exceed a certain threshold before a nociceptive stimulus is perceived.
    • Pain perception begins at the receptor site that responds to damaging stimuli.
    1. 1.1 A thing that arouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
      if the tax were abolished, it would act as a stimulus to exports
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yet a powerful stimulus for the country's new leaders of all communities is the realisation that they must hang together if they are not to hang separately.
      • The introduction of these two players acted as a positive stimulus for the home team and a stream of chances were created.
      • She said a bid would provide a huge stimulus for elite sport and also boost efforts to encourage it at grassroots level.
      • It also acted as a stimulus for Britain to modernise her outdated Royal Air Force.
      • All of this will be billed as a stimulus package to boost economic growth.
      • And given the strength of the dollar, the US economy will not receive a stimulus from increased exports.
      • A specific stimulus gets specific reactions and that's what he teaches his students to use on their horse.
      • A key factor in the second half, given the loss of fiscal stimulus and rising energy prices, will be consumer spending.
      • Also, if devaluation acts as a stimulus for growth in America this could have a positive knock-on effect in the rest of the world.
      • Other forms of export could also act as a stimulus for national economies.
      • The present out and out secularism of the state could prove to be a stimulus to genuine ecumenism.
      • It needs fresh conflict, drama, the torrent of social stimuli that rouses it to activity.
      • It was possible that the injection of cash into communities would raise the level of demand for basic commodities and could act as an economic stimulus.
      • But the notion that the profit motive can adequately replace the public-service ethic as the stimulus for helping the old and sick is less than a joke.
      • However, the euro could also act as a stimulus for economic harmonization, and for the liberalization of labour and capital markets.
      • America's goods and services become cheaper abroad so it acts as a stimulus for the US economy.
      • A researcher at the university found that the medical event itself is a stimulus for patients to quit smoking.
      • The stimulus for the activity may be an important dinner party, a new boss to impress, or, in the case of professional chefs, a new book or television programme to fill.
      • Together these monetary and fiscal stimuli will help to boost growth in the fourth quarter, he says.
      • Clearly it fuels an enormous boost in prestige for the country, gives a further stimulus to its strongly growing economy and plants the seal on its policies of reform and opening up.
      Synonyms
      spur, stimulant, encouragement, impetus, boost, prompt, prod, incentive, inducement, inspiration, fillip
      motive, motivation, impulse
      provocation, goad, incitement
      informal shot in the arm, kick up the backside
      technical precipitant
    2. 1.2in singular An interesting and exciting quality.
      she loved the stimulus of the job
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this age of constant stimulus, Larivière posits that we're more in love with the images of our partners than the people themselves.
      • You need non-partner stimulus from friends (or classes, or an engaging job or hobby).
      • It's not, I believe, the stress of their old job that kills them but the sudden withdrawal of mental stimulus.
      • But in a way a big part of the stimulus of the job has been to be faced with repertoire that somebody else has chosen.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin, 'goad, spur, incentive'.

Rhymes

mimulus
 
 

Definition of stimulus in US English:

stimulus

nounˈstimyələsˈstɪmjələs
  • 1A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

    areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The neurogenic stimulus did not alter albumin exudation in any group.
    • The Tullio phenomenon represents vestibular symptoms and/or eye movements evoked by a sound stimulus.
    • Local stimulation by distension along the body of the esophagus will elicit a peristaltic wave at the stimulus site.
    • There may even be some spontaneous movement in response to stimuli such as loud noises or pain.
    • They are conditioned to respond to an auditory stimulus by, for example, dropping a block when a sound is heard through earphones.
    • Pain perception begins at the receptor site that responds to damaging stimuli.
    • However, the primary stimulus for cytokine secretion during cardiac illness remains unknown.
    • A number of studies suggest that arousal may be provoked by respiratory stimuli.
    • The combination of visual and auditory stimuli is intriguing as well for the audience.
    • The sensation of respiratory symptoms has to exceed a certain threshold before a nociceptive stimulus is perceived.
    • The stimuli evoked pain in the control subjects and the patients with psoriasis.
    • They had slower reaction times for visual and auditory stimuli, as well as subtle chorea, dystonia, and nystagmus.
    • State anxiety is a transitory state, which occurs in response to a stimulus and is likely to vary in intensity as a function of the stimulus.
    • Herein, we would like to add activating a topic receptor as a proapoptotic stimulus for its cells in the Table.
    • A cascade of events must occur for the neurotransmitter stimulus to lead to cellular response.
    • In mice, one way to get around this problem is by engineering animals that can only respond to a given stimulus in a single cell type.
    • However, reaction times to visual stimuli were faster after using a mobile phone.
    • One explanation for this might be that athletes develop cutaneous blood vessels that respond more to vasodilatory stimuli.
    • In patients with primary sodium retention, the afferent stimuli are suppressed.
    • Many other animals have sense organs that can detect stimuli beyond the confines of the human senses.
    1. 1.1 A thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
      if the tax were abolished, it would act as a stimulus to exports
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, the euro could also act as a stimulus for economic harmonization, and for the liberalization of labour and capital markets.
      • But the notion that the profit motive can adequately replace the public-service ethic as the stimulus for helping the old and sick is less than a joke.
      • It needs fresh conflict, drama, the torrent of social stimuli that rouses it to activity.
      • A key factor in the second half, given the loss of fiscal stimulus and rising energy prices, will be consumer spending.
      • America's goods and services become cheaper abroad so it acts as a stimulus for the US economy.
      • The introduction of these two players acted as a positive stimulus for the home team and a stream of chances were created.
      • And given the strength of the dollar, the US economy will not receive a stimulus from increased exports.
      • The stimulus for the activity may be an important dinner party, a new boss to impress, or, in the case of professional chefs, a new book or television programme to fill.
      • A researcher at the university found that the medical event itself is a stimulus for patients to quit smoking.
      • The present out and out secularism of the state could prove to be a stimulus to genuine ecumenism.
      • Yet a powerful stimulus for the country's new leaders of all communities is the realisation that they must hang together if they are not to hang separately.
      • A specific stimulus gets specific reactions and that's what he teaches his students to use on their horse.
      • Together these monetary and fiscal stimuli will help to boost growth in the fourth quarter, he says.
      • It was possible that the injection of cash into communities would raise the level of demand for basic commodities and could act as an economic stimulus.
      • She said a bid would provide a huge stimulus for elite sport and also boost efforts to encourage it at grassroots level.
      • Also, if devaluation acts as a stimulus for growth in America this could have a positive knock-on effect in the rest of the world.
      • Other forms of export could also act as a stimulus for national economies.
      • All of this will be billed as a stimulus package to boost economic growth.
      • It also acted as a stimulus for Britain to modernise her outdated Royal Air Force.
      • Clearly it fuels an enormous boost in prestige for the country, gives a further stimulus to its strongly growing economy and plants the seal on its policies of reform and opening up.
      Synonyms
      spur, stimulant, encouragement, impetus, boost, prompt, prod, incentive, inducement, inspiration, fillip
    2. 1.2 An interesting and exciting quality.
      she loved the stimulus of the job
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You need non-partner stimulus from friends (or classes, or an engaging job or hobby).
      • But in a way a big part of the stimulus of the job has been to be faced with repertoire that somebody else has chosen.
      • In this age of constant stimulus, Larivière posits that we're more in love with the images of our partners than the people themselves.
      • It's not, I believe, the stress of their old job that kills them but the sudden withdrawal of mental stimulus.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin, ‘goad, spur, incentive’.

 
 
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