stir up

柯林斯词典

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. 扬起
They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up. 他们先是看到一团尘土，接着就看到扬起尘土的那辆车。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you stir up a particular mood or situation, usually a bad one, you cause it. 挑起[表不满]
As usual, Harriet is trying to stir up trouble. 与往常一样，哈里特正在试图挑起事端。