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
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- 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。
- A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
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- Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
几分幽默使她的讲话更为有趣。
- Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport—a black cab...
英英释义
noun
- an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
- his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
- a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
verb
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - And, because of the pervasive power of leaven they were not allowed to bring any of it out of Egypt.
并且，正因为面酵的能力，他们不能够将面酵带出埃及。 - You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense.
你们是联系我国防御系统全部机构的酵母。 - 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。 - Mt.13:33 Another parable He spoke to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
太十三33他对他们另讲一个比喻说，诸天的国好像面酵，有妇人拿去藏在三斗面里，直到全团都发了酵。 - 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。 - 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。 - Bread is one of the most ancient of human foods, and the use of yeasts to leaven bread is carefully depicted in paintings from ancient Egypt.
面包是最古老的人类食品之一，早在古埃及时代，就有利用酵母发酵面包的详细的描述。