| 单词 | ferment |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['fə:mənt] |
| 解释 | v./n.(使)发酵；骚动 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v./n.使发酵(to cause fermentation in)；骚动(to excite, agitate) 【考】 反义词：tranquility (宁静) 【记】 ferm(=ferv热)+ent→ (生热)发酵，激动 【例】 The whole country was in a state of ferment. |
| 字源 | ferment (v.) late 14c., from Old French fermenter (13c.) and directly from Latin fermentare "to leaven, ferment," from fermentum "substance causing fermentation, leaven," from root of fervere "to boil, seethe" (see brew). Figurative use from 1650s. Related: Fermented; fermenting. ferment (n.) early 15c., from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentum (see ferment (v.)). Figurative sense of "anger, passion" is from 1670s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. /n. 使发酵; 使骚动或激动不安 = excite = agitate 【记】fer = ferv热－生热发酵, 激动fer = fur毛, ment闷他: 闷得他都发毛了－发酵, 骚动 【反】tranquility(n 宁静) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】form 形成；接近foment；音：覆闷，覆盖上锅盖闷着→发酵； 【相关】与foment区别：ferment 象female 女性，女性做饭，做面食时要发酵；几个以m结尾与发酵有关的词,ferment 得靠germ barm, enzyme, foment；germ 微生物, 细菌，barm 酵母，enzyme (有个z怪怪的，是个科技专业词)酶，foment 促进.发展，增长 |
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