ferment

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n. 酵素, 发酵, 动乱 v. (使)发酵, (使)动乱

发音

UK /fəˈmɛnt/
其它
US /fɚˈmɛnt/
UK /ˈfɜː.mɛnt/
US /ˈfɚ.mɛnt/

词形变化

ferments 复数 ferments fermented fermenteth fermenting ferments 三单 fermenting 现在分词 fermented 过去式 fermented 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.

  2. 2.

    A state of agitation or of turbulent change.

    14 November, 1770, Junius, letter to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield The nation is in a ferment.

    Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.

  3. 3.

    A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.

  4. 4.

    A catalyst.

v.
  1. 1.

    To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

    发酵

  2. 2.

    To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

unrest agitation fermentation tempestuousness zymolysis zymosis

上位词 5

substance turbulence upheaval chemical change Sturm und Drang

下位词 3

bottom fermentation top fermentation vinification
动词

同义词 3

work turn sour

上位词 10

turn wake heat boil convert ignite inflame seethe stir up fire up

下位词 1

vinify

近义相关 3

work turn sour

词源

From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervēre (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.

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