单词 | rouse |
释义 | rouse v.   1. a tr. (often foll. by from, out of) bring out of sleep, wake. b intr. (often foll. by up) cease to sleep, wake up.   2. (often foll. by up) a tr. stir up, make active or excited, startle out of inactivity or confidence or carelessness (roused them from their complacency; was roused to protest). b intr. become active.   3. tr. provoke to anger (is terrible when roused).   4. tr. evoke (feelings).   5. tr. (usu. foll. by in, out, up) Naut. haul vigorously.   6. tr. startle (game) from a lair or cover.   7. tr. stir (liquid, esp. beer while brewing). Phrases and idioms rouse oneself overcome one's indolence. Derivatives rousable adj. rouser n. Etymology: orig. as a hawking and hunting term, so prob. f. AF: orig. unkn. |
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