leaven ['levən]

n.
酵素, 酵母, 潜移默化的影响
vt.
使发酵, 影响

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单词 leaven 网络释义

名词 n.
1.酵母,酵素[U]
2.潜移默化的力量,促使渐变的因素[C][U]
The leaven of reform was working.
改革的影响力在起作用。
及物动词 vt.
1.(加酵母)使发酵;使发松
2.使渐变,逐渐影响
a life leavened by hypocrisy
受虚伪影响的生活

单词 leaven 其它相关

单词解释
n. 酵素,酵母
vt. 使发酵,影响
n. 1> An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation.
　 2> An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole. Synonym: CATALYST.
vt. To add a rising agent to.
相关例句
He leavened his speech with humor.
　 他在演说中掺了一点幽默。
As bread dough is leavened, it puffs up, expanding in volume.
相关短语
the leaven of reform 改革的趋势 [潜在影响]
单词变化
复数: leavens
同义反义
同义词：leavening, ferment, barm, pepsin, soda, bakingpowder, yeast, zyme, enzyme, zymogen, maltase, diastase, invertase, zymase;catalyst, catalyticagent, element, determinant, transformer, modifier, alterant, modificator, adapter, converter.
反义词：calm, quiet, lessen, diminish, compose, soothe, placate.

单词 leaven 其它例句

- We often use leaven when baking breads.
　 烤面包时，我们经常使用发酵剂。
- "Know ye that a little leaven leaven the whole lump?"
　 岂不知小小的一点酵，足以使整团面粉发起来吗？
- Made light and high by yeast or other leaven.
　 发酵的用酵母或其它发酵剂使…轻而高