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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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