单词 | fermental |
释义 | fermentaladj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a ferment or fermentation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > [adjective] > fermentation fermental1650 fermentative1665 fermentatory1766 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) ii. vii. 83 Cucumbers..may also debilitate the..fermentall faculty of the stomack. 1676 I. Newton Let. 25 Jan. in Corr. (1959) I. 414 The frame of nature may be nothing but æther condensed by a fermental principle. 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 152 Intense cold..prevents their Fruit-bearing by suspending the fermental action of the Principles. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Zymology The fermental principles of acid and sulphur connatural to that oil [sc. oil of vitriol]. 1922 Glasgow Herald 21 Aug. 7 Sugar or any other kind of fermental food. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1650 |
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