leaven

英 ['levn] 美 ['levn]

• n. 发酵剂；酵母；要素；影响力
• v. 使 ... 发酵；影响

英英释义

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"
   

例句

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。

经典引文

• You are to be that vitally active leaven in the lump of the nation.

  出自： M. L. King

• Know ye not that a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?

  出自：Bible (AV): 1 Corinthians

词汇搭配

• of the same leaven 同类的,同一性质的...
• the old leaven 尚未革除的旧影响力...

近反义词

【近义词】

• leavening 使 ... 发酵(酵母...
• prove 证明
• raise 上升