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

verb | noun

leavenleaven1 /ˈlɛvən/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYleaven¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin levamen, from Latin levare to raise

VERB TABLE

leaven

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	leaven
	he, she, it	leavens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	leavened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have leavened
	he, she, it	has leavened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had leavened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will leaven
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have leavened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am leavening
	he, she, it	is leavening
	you, we, they	are leavening
Past	I, he, she, it	was leavening
	you, we, they	were leavening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been leavening
	he, she, it	has been leavening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been leavening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be leavening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been leavening

1formal to make something less boring and more interesting or cheerful2old-fashioned to add leavening to a mixture of flour and water → see also unleavened

verb | noun

leavenleaven2 (also leavening) noun 1[countable, uncountable] literary a small amount of a quality that makes an event or situation less boring and more interesting or cheerful2[uncountable] another word for leavening