| 单词 | brew |
| 释义 | brew —brewer, n. /brooh/, v.t. 1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops. 2. to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water. 3. to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, esp. one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients): She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers. 4. to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief. v.i. 5. to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale. 6. to boil, steep, soak, or cook: Wait until the tea brews. 7. be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation: Trouble was brewing. n. 8. a quantity brewed in a single process. 9. a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor. 10. a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, esp. tea or coffee. 11. any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients: a witches' brew. 12. Informal. a. beer or ale. b. an individual serving of beer or ale: Let's have a few brews after the game. [bef. 900; ME brewen, OE breowan; akin to D brouwen, G brauen, ON brugga] Syn. 4. concoct, scheme, plot, devise, hatch, cook up. |
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