rouse
/raʊz/ (bre, ipa) · /raʊz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈrau̇z/ (ame, mw)
rouse — verb
- rousepresent simple I / you / we / they
- rouseshe / she / it
- rousedpast simple
- rousing-ing form
1. to wake someone from sleep, or to cause them to feel a strong emotion or become
to wake someone from sleep, or to cause them to feel a strong emotion or become more active and engaged
A loud bang from the kitchen roused Wei from his deep sleep at dawn.
rouse + person + from + sleep
The aid worker's story about the flood roused the audience to donate generously.
rouse + person + to + action
Nothing could rouse the exhausted firefighter from bed after the twenty-hour shift.
Javier roused the crowd with his passionate speech about climate change.
The documentary about ocean pollution roused a strong sense of anger in viewers across the country.
- wake
more common and neutral; 'wake' does not carry the extra sense of stirring to action
- awaken
more formal and poetic than 'rouse'; often used literally for waking from sleep
- arouse
focuses more on emotions or sexual feelings than 'rouse'; avoid in non-emotional waking contexts
- stir
gentler than 'rouse'; suggests slow, gradual waking rather than sudden or forceful waking
文法句型
rouse + person + from/out of + sleep/thought
rouse + person + to + action/emotion
用法筆記
More formal or literary than 'wake up'. Frequently used with a following prepositional phrase that indicates the state being left ('from sleep', 'out of a daydream') or the result ('to action', 'to anger').
常見錯誤
2. to wake up, become active again, or begin to feel a strong emotion after being c
to wake up, become active again, or begin to feel a strong emotion after being calm or inactive
The exhausted hikers roused at dawn to continue their climb up the mountain.
rouse (intransitive) at + time
When the fire alarm rang, the children roused quickly and ran to the exit.
Sofia roused from her daydream when her phone buzzed with a new message.
The old cat roused and stretched lazily in the warm afternoon sunshine.
文法句型
rouse + from/out of + state
rouse alone
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person or animal. When used without a complement, the meaning is simply 'wake up'. When followed by 'from' or 'out of', the waking is from a specific mental or physical state (sleep, thought, laziness).
rouse — noun
1. an event or action that wakes people up, stirs their emotions, or pushes them to
an event or action that wakes people up, stirs their emotions, or pushes them to become more active
The coach's halftime talk gave the team the rouse they needed to win the match.
give + a + rouse (colloquial noun pattern)
The morning drumbeat served as a rouse for the soldiers sleeping in the camp.
- wake-up call
more common; specifically alerts someone to a problem or danger
- stir
a commotion or excitement; slightly different meaning but overlaps in the 'act of stirring' sense
文法句型
a rouse
give a rouse
用法筆記
This noun is uncommon in modern English. It appears mostly in fixed expressions like 'give someone a rouse' (cheer someone up/stir them to action) and in military or hunting contexts. The verb forms of 'rouse' are far more frequent.