| [/fəˈment; fɚˋmɛnt/] v [I, Tn] 用法:
1 (make sth) change chemically through the action of organic substances (esp yeast) （使某物）发酵:
Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time. 果汁放置日久会发酵. *
When wine is fermented it gives off bubbles of gas. 酒发酵时会放出气泡. 用法:
2 (fig 比喻) excite; stir up 激起; 煽动:
ferment trouble among the factory workers 在工人中引起骚动. ferment 2
[/ˈfɜːment; ˋfəmɛnt/] n 用法:
1 [C] substance, eg yeast, that causes sth to ferment 发酵剂; 酵母. 用法:
2 [U] (esp political or social) excitement or unrest （尤指政治或社会方面的）动荡不安:
The country was in (a state of) ferment. 这个国家处於动荡不安之中. |