| 英语单词 | ferment |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['fɜːment] 美 ['fɜːrment] |
| 中文释义 | n.发酵;酵素;动乱 v.(使)发酵;动乱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Do health people need edible ferment too? (2) The country was in ferment. (3) When wine is fermented it gives off bubbles of gas. (4) We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content. (5) The news fermented trouble among the factory workers. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 健康人也需要食用酵素吗? (2) 这个国家处于动荡不安之中。 (3) 酒发酵时会放出气泡。 (4) 为了使葡萄酒有较高的酒精含量,我们让它发酵了很长时间了。 (5) 那则消息在工人中引起骚动。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The word ferment means a commotion or excitement. Consider that the fermentation that turns juice or grain into alcohol is the result of the agitated development of bacteria, and then you can better appreciate the word's meaning. |
| vocabulary扩展 | While you might be more familiar with the verb ferment, referring to the natural process that produces alcohol, the word is also used as a noun, giving the same type of boiling emotion to people or events. If you keep in mind that the root of the word is fevere, meaning "to boil or seethe," you get a vivid picture of the ferment experienced at a political rally where tempers run high. |
| 柯林斯解释 | The noun is pronounced /'fɜːment/. The verb is pronounced /fə'ment/. 名词读作/'fɜːment/,动词读作 /fə'ment/。 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]骚动;动乱;动荡 Ferment is excitement and trouble caused by change or uncertainty.
2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)发酵 If a food, drink, or other natural substance ferments, or if it is fermented, a chemical change takes place in it so that alcohol is produced. This process forms part of the production of alcoholic drinks such as wine and beer. [V] [V n] [V-ed]
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