[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.
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[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.
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[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; NAmEstuː/
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stewstewsstewedstewingnoun[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。IDIOMget (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verb1[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。IDIOMlet 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; NAmEstuː/
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stew1 noun
stew2 verb
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 timeSYN casserole: a pot of stew beef stew2in a stew informal confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in
stew1 noun
stew2 verb
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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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stew
[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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