词汇 | leaven |
释义 | leaven /`lєvәn/ (过去式: leavened; 过去完成式: leavened; 现在进行式: leavening) v.t. To make light, as dough, by the addition of yeast or other substance that will cause fermentation. (加酵母等物)使发酵。 To touch with something which changes or modifies; mix. 使...渗入某物(以影响、改变它)。 to leaven correction with a little praise 加少许赞扬于惩罚之中。 n. A ferment mixed with a substance to render it light, as yeast with dough. 酵母;酵素。 Any influence which, working silently and strongly, causes changes. 影响(任何能造成改变的潜在势力)。 The leaven of the reform was working. 改革运动正产生影响。 |
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