leaven

英['levn] 美['levn]
  • n. 发酵剂；酵母；要素；影响力
  • v. 使 ... 发酵；影响
leavened leavened leavening leavens
GRE

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

  2. an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something;

    "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"

Verb:
  1. cause to puff up with a leaven;

    "unleavened bread"

双语例句

1. A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。

来自《权威词典》

2. He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war's rigours with riotous enjoyment.
他找到了懂得用狂欢来冲淡战争的严酷的志趣相投的军官。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The leaven of reform was working.
改革的影响力在起作用.

来自辞典例句

4. You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defence.
你们是构成我国整个国防系统的最重要要素.

来自演讲部分

5. These men have been the leaven in the lump of the race.
如果说这个种族是块面团,这些人便是发酵剂.

来自互联网

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. We often use leaven when baking breads.
      烤面包时，我们经常使用发酵剂。
    2. The leaven of reform was working.
      改革的影响力在起作用。

用法讲解

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【邻近词汇】

leaves leave leavening leavenless leavenbent Leavenworth leaven dough leavened food leaven powder leavened bread leavening agent leavened pancake
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