leaven

英 [ˈlevn]

美 [ˈlevn]

n.  发酵剂; (尤指)酵母，面肥
v.  (添加…)使较有趣，使更令人愉快

过去式：leavened　过去分词：leavened　现在分词：leavening　第三人称单数：leavens　

GRE

BNC.34557 / COCA.25138

牛津词典

noun

• 发酵剂；（尤指）酵母，面肥
  a substance, especially yeast , that is added to bread before it is cooked to make it rise
  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。

verb

• （添加…）使较有趣，使更令人愉快
  to make sth more interesting or cheerful by adding sth to it
  1. Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
     几分幽默使她的讲话更为有趣。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 给…添趣；为…增色；使生动
  If a situation or activityis leavened byorwithsomething, it is made more interesting or cheerful.
  1. His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport—a black cab...
     他极度悲观沮丧，而他的代步工具——一辆黑色的出租车，丝毫不能舒缓这一情绪。
  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。

英英释义

noun

• an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
  1. his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
  Synonym:leavening
• a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
  Synonym:leavening

verb

• cause to puff up with a leaven
  1. unleavened bread
  Synonym:raiseprove

双语例句

• Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  岂不知一点面酵能使全团发起来吗。
• And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
  耶稣嘱咐他们说，你们要谨慎，防备法利赛人的酵，和希律的酵。
• A few bright and interested minds can leaven the whole lump.
  少数几个聪明的、有兴趣于学习的学生可以活跃全班的学习气氛。
• Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?
  你们岂不知道少许的酵母，能使整个面团发酵吗？
• Study on the cholesterol-reducing effects of complex bacteria leaven from Kefir grain milk yoghurt in rats
  藏灵菇源酸奶复合菌发酵剂对大鼠降胆固醇的研究
• This small piece of leaven works silently and persistently to impact the entire dough.
  这一小块面酵静悄悄，但又持续不断的工作，直到把全团都发起来。
• How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
  我对你们说、要防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵、这话不是指著饼说的.你们怎麽不明白呢。
• Objective To investigate the cholesterol-reducing effects of complex bacteria leaven ( CBL) from Kefir Grain milk yoghurt in experimental hypercholesterolemia rats.
  目的探讨藏灵菇源酸奶复合菌发酵剂对实验性高胆固醇血症大鼠降胆固醇作用。
• Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
  你不可将我祭物的血和有酵的饼一同献上。逾越节的祭物也不可留到早晨。
• A leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread.
  一种发酵的生面团酵母，探矿者用来做面包。