单词 | brew |
释义 | brew (br) v. brewed, brew·ing, brews v.tr. 1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation. 2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea. 3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government. v.intr. 1. To make ale or beer as an occupation. 2. To be made by boiling or steeping: As the coffee brewed, I paced in the kitchen. 3. To be imminent; impend: "storms brewing on every frontier" (John Dos Passos). n. 1. a. A beverage made by brewing. b. A serving of such a beverage. 2. Something produced as if by brewing; a mix: Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest. [Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan; see bhreu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] brewage n. brewer n. |
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