資料來源 : pyDict
喚醒,鼓勵,引起睡醒
資料來源 : 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.
資料來源 : 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}]