astir
pronunciation
UK [ə'stɜ:r]
US [ə'stɜr]
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- adj.
- 活动的，骚动的
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The girl sat , her body still , her soul astir .
- 这个姑娘坐在那里，身子一动不动，内心却骚动不息。
- 2. The whole town was astir with the news .
- 因某消息而全城哄动。
- 3. News of the queen 's visit set the whole town astir .
- 女王到访的消息轰动全城。
- 4. The whole community was astir when the news came that the enemy bombing would is .
- 敌人将恢复轰炸的消息传来,整个社区都骚动起来。
- 5. Apart from that movement there was nothing astir except these tiny little insects .
- 那盘旋之外，除了这些小小的昆虫，没有其他的骚动。