ferment

英 ['fɜːment] 美 ['fɜːrment]

• n. 发酵；酵素；动乱
• v. （使）发酵；动乱

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;

   "the political ferment produced new leadership"
   "social unrest"
   

2. a substance capable of bringing about fermentation

3. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Verb:

1. be in an agitated or excited state;

   "The Middle East is fermenting"
   "Her mind ferments"
   

2. work up into agitation or excitement;

   "Islam is fermenting Africa"
   

3. cause to undergo fermentation;

   "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"
   "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
   

4. go sour or spoil;

   "The milk has soured"
   "The wine worked"
   "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He is doing a research in beer ferment.
   他正在进行对啤酒发酵的研究。
2. Do health people need edible ferment too?
   健康人也需要食用酵素吗？
3. The country was in ferment.
   这个国家处于动荡不安之中。

用作动词 (v.)

1. When wine is fermented it gives off bubbles of gas.
   酒发酵时会放出气泡。
2. We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content.
   为了使葡萄酒有较高的酒精含量，我们让它发酵了很长时间了。
3. The news fermented trouble among the factory workers.
   那则消息在工人中引起骚动。

经典引文

• To make the ferment, cream the yeast and sugar..and whisk in the water.

  出自： J. Grigson

• It is a good thing to speak of things openly...Then nothing can ferment and fester underneath.

  出自： I. Compton

词汇搭配

• respiratory ferment 呼吸酶
• living ferment 活体酶
• protective ferment 防御性酶
• active ferment 活性酵素
• lab ferment 凝乳酶
• plug ferment 塞子发酵罐
• oxidizing ferment 氧化酶
• glycogenolytic ferment 糖原分解酶
• unorganized ferment [生化]离体酶...
• nitrifying ferment 硝化酶
• coagulative ferment 凝固酶
• soluble ferment [医] 可溶性酶, ...
• ferment rennet 皱胃酶,凝乳酶...
• digestive ferment 消化酶
• chemical ferment 化学酶
• reducing ferment 还原酶
• myosin ferment [医] 肌浆球蛋白酶...
• organized ferment 活体酶,细胞内酶...
• in a ferment 在动荡中
• in ferment 在骚动中

近反义词

【近义词】

• agitate 煽动
• provoke 激怒
• agitation 激动
• sour 酸的
• stir 激起
• disturb 扰乱
• excite 使兴奋
• ruffle 褶饰
• trouble 困难
• commotion 骚动
• confusion 惶惑
• excitement 激动
• tumult 骚乱
• turbulence 骚乱
• turmoil 混乱
• upheaval 向上的运动
• uproar 骚动
• cause 引起
• incite 煽动
• inflame 激怒
• stir up 搅拌
• work 工作
• fermentation 发酵
• turn 翻转
• zymosis 发酵
• fermenting 动词ferment的现在...
• zymolysis 发酵
• tempestuousness 剧烈
• unrest 不安