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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How is it that you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and sadducees.
  你们怎么不明白？我对你们所说的，不是指着饼，乃是指着要提防法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。
• 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。
• 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。