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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

      • The leaven of reform working in their minds;
        变革的媒介在他们的头脑中运作;
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Lk. 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
        路十三21好像面酵,有妇人拿去藏在三斗面里,直到全团都发了酵。
      • 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。
      • And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
        任你们献有酵的感谢祭,把甘心祭宣传报告给众人,因为是你们所喜爱的。这是主耶和华说的。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。