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rouse /ˈraʊz/
覺醒,奮起(vt.)喚醒,鼓舞,激動,使振奮,驚起(vi.)醒來,奮起
Rouse v. i. & t. Naut. To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
Rouse n.
1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.]
2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
Fill the cup, and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn. --Tennyson.
Rouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roused p. pr. & vb. n. Rousing.]
1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes. --Spenser.
Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. --Pope.
2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. --Atterbury.
4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea. --Milton.
5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.]
Rouse, v. i.
1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.]
Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. --Shak.
2. To awake from sleep or repose.
Morpheus rouses from his bed. --Pope.
3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
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rouse
v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir]
2: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2
A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, force out]
3: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker
charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn:
agitate, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge
up] [ant: calm]
4: 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, wake up, arouse]
[ant: cause to sleep]