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Stimulus Sense 4567.Stimulus 英 Stɪmjʊləs]美 Stɪmjələs 释义 N

正面 4567.stimulus
英 ['stɪmjʊləs]美 ['stɪmjələs]

背面
释义:
n. 刺激;激励;刺激物
例句:
1. Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.书不仅给孩子们以思想,而且使他们玩得更有意思。

1. ambassador 大事,使节——俺们办事的 ----- 联想:她是给俺们办事的大使。2. 这个词的发音特别像“俺爸似的”,你想啊,如果你出国了,一不留神把护照丢了,在国外又举目无亲的,咋办呢?找大使啊!异国他乡的,有大使帮你,是不是感觉倍儿亲啊!
stimulus 刺激物,刺激因素来自拉丁语 stimulus,尖棒,尖刺,来自 PIE*sti,刺,插,词源同 sting,stick.引申诸相关词义。
stimulus (n.)plural stimuli, 1680s, originally as a medical term, "something that goads a lazy organ" (often the male member), from a modern use of Latin stimulus "a goad, a pointed stick," figuratively "a sting, a pang; incitement, spur," from PIE *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). General sense of "something that excites or arouses the mind or spirit" is from 1791. Psychological sense is first recorded 1894."

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