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stirring

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stir·ring1 /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ adjective  EXCITEDproducing strong feelings or excitement in someone 激动人心的,令人振奋的 SYN rousing a stirring speech 令人振奋的演讲 stirring music 激动人心的音乐stirringly adverb
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stirringThis was my favourite song as it was quite easy to sing and it had a stirring, catching rhythm.It was a stirring place to visit but maybe you wouldn't want to live there.Theatres and concert halls can be beautiful and stirring places, quite apart from what goes on in them.I make them, despite a stirring strangeness in my stomach.For the first couple of days this was stirring stuff - until practical difficulties began to take their toll.
stirring2 noun [countable]  SHOW/BE A SIGN OFan early sign that something is starting to happen 开始[出现,酝酿]的征兆stirring of the first stirrings of spring 春的萌动
Examples from the Corpus
stirringEach morning there is a faint stirring of excitement when the zeks march to work.I hear the stirring of wings.
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stirring
I
stirring1 /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ adjective
producing strong feelings or excitement in someone
   SYN  rousing:
    a stirring speech
    stirring music
—stirringly adverb

II
stirring2 noun [countable]
an early sign that something is starting to happen
    stirring of
    the first stirrings of spring


stir·ringBrE /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊 noun~ (of sth) the beginning of a feeling, an idea or a development (感情、想法或发展的)开始,出现,萌动,酝酿She felt a stirring of anger. 她感觉自己忍不住要生气了。🔊🔊
stir·ringBrE /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] causing strong feelings; exciting 令人激情澎湃的;激动人心的a stirring performance动人的表演stirring memories令人心潮澎湃的回忆