stim.u.lus

stimulus的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈstimjələs]
KK音标发音： [ˈstɪmjələs]

stimulus的词性：
n.（名词）

1. Something causing or regarded as causing a response.
刺激因素：能引起或被认为引起反应的东西

2. An agent, an action, or a condition that elicits or accelerates a physiological or psychological activity or response.
刺激物：一种引起或加速生理或心理活动或反应的药剂、行为或状况

3. Something that incites or rouses to action; an incentive:
激法物：导致或刺激活动的东西：

“Works which were in themselves poor have often proved a stimulus to the imagination”(WH Auden)
“本身无力的作品常被证明为是想象力的刺激物”(WH奥登)

stimulus的词源：

4. Latin goad
拉丁语 goad