英语词汇“leaven”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

leav·en

(lĕvən)

1. An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation.

2. An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole.

tr.v. leav·ened, leav·en·ing, leav·ens

1. To add a rising agent to.

2. To cause to rise, especially by fermentation.

3. To pervade with a lightening, enlivening, or modifying influence.

[Middle English, from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, from Latin levāre, to raise; see leg^wh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	leaven
释义	leav·en (lĕvən) n. 1. An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation. 2. An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole. tr.v. leav·ened, leav·en·ing, leav·ens 1. To add a rising agent to. 2. To cause to rise, especially by fermentation. 3. To pervade with a lightening, enlivening, or modifying influence. [Middle English, from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin levāmen, from Latin levāre*, to raise; see leg^wh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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