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；
• 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。
• 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。
• Jiaozi is Chinese traditional leaven for paste.
  酵子是我国传统的面团发酵剂。
• 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。
• General occupational competencies like problem solving and critical thinking are the patient capital in most occupations nowadays. They enable and leaven further learning in applied contexts.
  像解决问题和批判性思维这样的通用职业能力如今在大多数职业领域都是耐心资本，它们使人能够在应用环境中进一步学习并发挥潜移默化的影响。
• 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。
• Study on the cholesterol-reducing effects of complex bacteria leaven from Kefir grain milk yoghurt in rats
  藏灵菇源酸奶复合菌发酵剂对大鼠降胆固醇的研究
• 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。
• 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。