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唤醒,鼓励,引起睡醒

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Arouse \A*rouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aroused}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Arousing}.] [Pref. a- + rouse.]
   To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in
   motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one
   from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.

         Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother,
         mighty sovereign on the host.            --Cowper.

         No suspicion was aroused.                --Merivale.

资料来源 : WordNet®

arouse
     v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
          pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {elicit},
           {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {raise}, {provoke}]
     2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
        [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {awaken}, {wake}, {come alive},
        {waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]
     3: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
        specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
        air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
        the mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke},
         {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {bring up}, {put forward},
        {call forth}]
     4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
        me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: {stimulate},
         {brace}, {energize}, {energise}, {perk up}] [ant: {de-energize},
         {de-energize}, {sedate}]
     5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
        drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
        [syn: {awaken}, {wake}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}] [ant:
         {cause to sleep}]
     6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
        children began to stir" [syn: {stir}]
     7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
        audience" [syn: {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}, {wind up}]