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stimulating 音标拼音: [st'ɪmjəl ,etɪŋ] a. 刺激的,有刺激性的 刺激的,有刺激性的 stimulating adj 1: rousing or quickening activity or the senses; " a stimulating discussion" [ ant: { unexciting}, { unstimulating}] 2: that stimulates; " stimulant phenomena" [ synonym: { stimulant}, { stimulating}] 3: making lively and cheerful; " the exhilarating effect of mountain air" [ synonym: { exhilarating}, { stimulating}] Stimulate \ Stim" u* late\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Stimulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Stimulating}.] [ L. stimulatus, p. p. of stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See { Stimulus}.] 1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory. [ 1913 Webster] To excite and stimulate us thereunto. -- Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of ( a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate; exasperate; incense. [ 1913 Webster] 122 Moby Thesaurus words for " stimulating": activating, agitating, alluring, analeptic, animating, animative, aphrodisiac, aphroditous, ardent, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, brisk, burning, challenging, charged, cheering, chill, chilly, cliff- hanging, cool, coolish, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, emphatic, encouraging, energizing, enlivening, enthusiastic, eroticizing, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, fervent, fiery, fresh, galvanic, galvanizing, glowing, heady, heart- expanding, heart- stirring, heart- swelling, heart- thrilling, impassioned, impressive, inflammatory, inspirational, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, invigorative, inviting, jarring, jolting, juicy, lively, maddening, mind- blowing, moving, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, passionate, perturbing, piquant, prompting, provocative, provoking, quickening, racy, ravishing, readable, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, restorative, reviving, rich, roborant, rousing, soul- stirring, spicy, spirit- stirring, stimulant, stimulative, stirring, strengthening, striking, succulent, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, temperate, thought- challenging, thought- inspiring, thought- provoking, thrilling, thrilly, tickling, titillating, tonic, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, urgent, vehement, venereal, viable, vitalizing, warm, zestful, zesty
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