1、stir 出自 PIE *(s)twer-"旋转、打转":storm(暴风雨,本词空着:搅得天地旋转的天气)是同胞,turn(转)也在这条线上。原义不是"搅拌",是"搅动、不安"。 2、搅拌这个义是后起的:用勺子在锅里打转。stir-fry(炒菜,中式快翻锅)出现得很晚;stirred 双写 r。 3、比喻义三个:stir feelings(撩动情绪)、create a stir(引起轰动)、stir up trouble(惹事)。做名词时 a stir 就是"一阵骚动"。
stir: [OE] The etymological connotations of stir are of ‘agitation’ and ‘disturbance’; the notion of ‘mixing a liquid with circular movements of a spoon or other implement’ is a secondary development. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sturjan, whose only other living descendant is Norwegian styrja ‘make a disturbance’. It was formed from a base *stur-, which was probably also responsible for English storm. => storm
stir (v.)
Old English styrian "to stir, move; rouse, agitate, incite, urge" (transitive and intransitive), from Proto-Germanic *sturjan (cognates: Middle Dutch stoeren, Dutch storen "to disturb," Old High German storan "to scatter, destroy," German stören "to disturb"), from PIE *(s)twer- (1) "to turn, whirl" (see storm (n.)). Related: Stirred; stirring. Stir-fry (v.) is attested from 1959.
stir (n.)
"commotion, disturbance, tumult," late 14c. (in phrase on steir), probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse styrr "disturbance, tumult," from the same root as stir (v.)). The sense of "movement, bustle" (1560s) probably is from the English verb.
权威例句
1. Stir the pork about until it turns white all the way through.
不停搅动猪肉,直到它全部变白为止。
2. Remove the bowl from the ice and stir in the cream.
从冰里把碗取出,搅入奶油。
3. Stir the sauce and pour it over the top.
搅拌调味汁,把它浇在上面。
4. Stir the parsley into the potatoes and serve at room temperature.
把欧芹拌入土豆里,放至常温后再端上桌。
5. Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.