英语词汇“churn up”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

churn up

释义

Phr V

churn up

churns, churning, churned

churn up sth or churn sth up

to damage the surface of something {e.g. mud, road} by moving it around violently

Heavy vehicles had churned up the mud on the road, making it impassable.

to cause a strong reaction or serious problems

Each new book about the actress churns up a frenzy of interest.Plans to develop the area have been churned up by political issues.

churn up sb or churn sb up

to make someone angry or very upset

Seeing children who are seriously ill always churns me up.

phrasechurn up1. churn up sth • churn sth up if something churns up the ground, water, dust etc, it moves it around with a lot of force: Strong winds have churned up huge dust storms in the southern California this week. The storm churned up 10-foot waves off southern Thailand, sinking more than 20 boats.2. churn up sth • churn sth up to damage the surface of something, especially by walking on it or driving over it: Heavy trucks and buses are churning up the freeways. They put up a fence to keep the neighbourhood kids from churning up the lawn.■ SIMILAR TO: plough up

churn up

To cause the movement of something in a liquid (such as sediment of some kind) by stirring. A noun or pronoun can be used between "churn" and "up." I stirred the milk and churned up bits of chocolate powder that had settled to the bottom of the glass. Because we're so close to the shore, your oars will likely churn some pebbles up.

churn something up

to stir up a liquid; to mix up material suspended in water. The oars of our boat churned the shallow water up, leaving little clouds of sediment in our wake. The oars churned up the mud.

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