| 单词 | stew |
| 释义 | stew stew1 —stewable, adj. /stooh, styooh/, v.t. 1. to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling. v.i. 2. to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling. 3. Informal. to fret, worry, or fuss: He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day. 4. to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter. 5. stew in one's own juice, to suffer the consequences of one's own actions. n. 6. a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture of meat and vegetables. 7. Informal. a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry. 8. a brothel; whorehouse. 9. stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels. 10. Obs. a vessel for boiling or stewing. [1350-1400; ME stewen, stuwen to take a sweat bath < MF estuver, v. deriv. of estuve sweat room of a bath; see STOVE1] Syn. 1. See boil1. 6. ragout. stew2 /stooh, styooh/, n. Slang. 1. steward; 2. stewardess. [by shortening] |
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