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Stew Liquid Leave Meat Cook Slowly Informal Sth

Stew can be a dish made by slowly cooking meat and vegetables in liquid. It can also mean to cook slowly or to worry or be anxious about something.

炖菜,是一种慢煮肉或蔬菜制成的菜肴;炖,慢煮食物;深感不安的或焦虑的。

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/stju͟ː, AM stu͟ː/
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[N-VAR 可变名词]炖煮的菜肴 A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature.
  • She served him a bowl of beef stew...

    她为他端上了一碗炖牛肉。

  • They made a stew.

    他们做了一道炖菜。

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[VERB 动词]炖;煨;焖 When you stew meat, vegetables, or fruit, you cook them slowly in liquid in a closed dish.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • Stew the apple and blackberries to make a thick pulp.

    将苹果和黑莓炖成稠浆。

  • ...stewed prunes.

    炖李子

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[PHRASE 短语]深感不安的;焦虑的;担心的 If you are in a stew, you feel very worried.
  [PHR after v]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He's been in a stew since early this morning...

    他从今天一大早就焦虑不安。

  • Highly charged emotions have you in a stew.

    高度紧张的情绪会让人陷入不安。

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[PHRASE 短语](故意)让…独自烦恼(而不加劝慰) If you let a person stew or if you leave them to stew, you deliberately allow them to worry about something for a while, rather than telling them something which would make them feel better.
  [V inflects]
  • I'd rather let him stew...

    我宁可让他一个人去烦恼。

  • Leave them to stew in their own juice.

    让他们自食其果吧。


Oxford stew / stjuː ; NAmE stuː /
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stew stews stewed stewing
noun [uncountable ,  countable ] a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a container that has a lid 炖的菜,煨的菜(有肉和蔬菜) ◆ beef stew and dumplings 牛肉炖丸子 ◆ I'm making a stew for lunch. 我炖个菜中午吃。 IDIOM get (yourself)/be in a ˈstew (about/over sth) ( informal) to become/feel very anxious or upset about sth (为某事)坐立不安,心烦意乱 verb 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] stew(sth) to cook sth slowly, or allow sth to cook slowly, in liquid in a closed dish 炖;煨 ◆ stewed apples 炖苹果 ◆ The meat needs to stew for two hours. 这肉得炖两小时。 ☞see also
stewed
2 [intransitive ] (+ adv./prep.) to think or worry about sth 思考;担忧 ◆ I've been stewing over the problem for a while. 这个问题我已经考虑了一会儿。 ◆ Leave him to stew. 让他自个儿想想。 IDIOM let sb stew in their own ˈjuice ( informal) to leave sb to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions 让某人自作自受
stew / stjuː ; NAmE stuː /
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stewstew1 /stjuː $ stuː/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time SYN  casserole:  a pot of stew beef stew2in a stew informal confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in
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1[transitive] to cook something slowly in liquid:  stewed apples2let somebody stew informal (also let somebody stew in their own juice) to leave someone to suffer the unpleasant results of their own actions instead of helping them:  Let him stew – I'm not going to help him.
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[stju:]stewed, stewing, stews

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stewed[609] stewing[251]
炖汤(37%),焖(25%),烦恼(19%),忧虑(19%)
n.炖,炖汤;烦恼;闷热;鱼塘
vt.炖,炖汤;焖;忧虑;受闷热
vi.炖,炖汤;焖;受闷热;忧虑
n.(Stew)人名;(英)斯图

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