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Rouse Birds Raʊz Speaker Massed Lack Interest 这演说者尝试着激起大众失去的兴趣

Front rouse
Pron [raʊz]
Back 【ROUSE】
The speaker tried to rouse the massed from their lack of interest.
这演说者尝试着激起大众失去的兴趣。
【重点词汇】
rouse v. 激励 同: awaken
Vocab
rousecause to become awake or conscious

When someone calls out "rise and shine," they are trying to rouse you, to make you wake up.

It's thought that the word rouse was originally a 15th-century term used by hawkers for the way the birds shook out their feathers when agitated. That gives a nice mental picture to the word, and it does fit: rouse means to become awake, excited, or just plain keyed up, like those birds ruffling their feathers. Consider that when first roused in the morning, many people have to shake themselves to get ready to face the day.

All forms of 'rouse' will appear on average once every 189 pages.
rouse
rouser
rousing

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