| 单词 | ferment |
| 释义 | ferment —fermentable, adj. —fermentability, n. n. /ferr"ment/; v. /feuhr ment"/, n. 1. Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation. 2. Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme. 3. fermentation. 4. agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult: The new painters worked in a creative ferment. The capital lived in a political ferment. v.t. 5. to act upon as a ferment. 6. to cause to undergo fermentation. 7. to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot. 8. to cause agitation or excitement in: Reading fermented his active imagination. v.i. 9. to be fermented; undergo fermentation. 10. to seethe with agitation or excitement. [1350-1400; ME < L fermentum yeast (n.), fermentare to cause to rise (v.); akin to BARM, L fervere to boil] |
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