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

单词	leaven
释义	leaven n. & v. --n 1. a substance added to dough to make it ferment and rise, esp. yeast, or fermenting dough reserved for the purpose. 2. a a pervasive transforming influence (cf. Matt. 13:33). b (foll. by of) a tinge or admixture of a specified quality. --vtr. 1. ferment (dough) with leaven. 2. a permeate and transform. b (foll. by with) modify with a tempering element. Phrases and idioms the old leaven traces of the unregenerate state (cf. 1. Cor. 5:6-8). Etymology: ME f. OF levain f. Gallo-Roman spec. use of L levamen relief f. levare lift
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