stirrer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɜːɹə/    美 /ˈstɝɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device used to stir. (Cardinal types include wood or plastic strips (for beverages) and magnetic objects that react to a spinning magnet nearby (for chemistry beakers).
    — We're out of coffee stirrers again and I'm not using my finger!
  2. A person who stirs something.
    — The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
  3. A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation. slang
    — Near-synonyms: (vulgar) shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger
  4. One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
    — I heard some early stirrers in the kitchen at dawn, but I saw no reason to get up yet.

词形变化

stirrers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
champagne stirrer magnetic stirrer pot stirrer shit-stirrer stirrer-up

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)twr̥H-yé-ti?
Proto-Germanic *sturjaną
Proto-West Germanic *sturjan
Old English styrian
Middle English stiren
English stir
English -er
English stirrer
From stir + -er.
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