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

• No meal offering that you present to Jehovah shall be made with leaven, for you shall not burn any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to jehovah.
  你们献给耶和华的素祭都不可搀酵；因为你们不可烧一点酵、一点蜜当作火祭献给耶和华。
• Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.
  你们既是无酵的面，应当把旧酵除净，好使你们成为新团。
• 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。
• If thy oblation be from the frying pan, of flour tempered with oil, and without leaven.
  若你的祭品是用烤盘做的素祭，该用油调的无酵细面做成。
• 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。
• And Jesus said to them, take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and sadducees.
  耶稣对他们说、你们要谨慎、防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。
• We give them a sense of humor because laughter leaven life.
  我们要给予他们幽默感，因为笑声可以使生活更轻松。
• A few clever students can leaven the whole lump.
  几个聪明学生可以使整个班级活跃起来。
• 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。
• The leaven of reform working in their minds;
  变革的媒介在他们的头脑中运作；