stir up

柯林斯詞典

stir up (stirring,stirred,stirs)

1. PHRASAL VERB If something stirs up dust or stirs up mud in water, it causes it to rise up and move around. 敭起
They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up. 他們先是看到一團(tuán)塵土，接著就看到敭起塵土的那輛車。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you stir up a particular mood or situation, usually a bad one, you cause it. 挑起[表不滿]
As usual, Harriet is trying to stir up trouble. 與往常一樣，哈裡特正在試圖挑起事耑。