leaven

英 [ˈlevn]

美 [ˈlevn]

n.  发酵剂; (尤指)酵母，面肥
v.  (添加…)使较有趣，使更令人愉快

过去式：leavened　过去分词：leavened　现在分词：leavening　第三人称单数：leavens　

GRE

BNC.34557 / COCA.25138

牛津词典

noun

• 发酵剂；（尤指）酵母，面肥
  a substance, especially yeast , that is added to bread before it is cooked to make it rise
  1. A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
     几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。

verb

• （添加…）使较有趣，使更令人愉快
  to make sth more interesting or cheerful by adding sth to it
  1. Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
     几分幽默使她的讲话更为有趣。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 给…添趣；为…增色；使生动
  If a situation or activityis leavened byorwithsomething, it is made more interesting or cheerful.
  1. His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport—a black cab...
     他极度悲观沮丧，而他的代步工具——一辆黑色的出租车，丝毫不能舒缓这一情绪。
  2. He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war's rigours with riotous enjoyment.
     他找到了懂得用狂欢来冲淡战争的严酷的志趣相投的军官。

英英释义

noun

• an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
  1. his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
  Synonym:leavening
• a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
  Synonym:leavening

verb

• cause to puff up with a leaven
  1. unleavened bread
  Synonym:raiseprove

双语例句

• Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  岂不知一点面酵能使全团发起来吗。
• Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?
  你们岂不知道少许的酵母，能使整个面团发酵吗？
• His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport — a black cab
  他极度悲观沮丧，而他的代步工具——一辆黑色的出租车，丝毫不能舒缓这一情绪。
• Mt.13:33 Another parable He spoke to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
  太十三33他对他们另讲一个比喻说，诸天的国好像面酵，有妇人拿去藏在三斗面里，直到全团都发了酵。
• You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense.
  你们是联系我国防御系统全部机构的酵母。
• Bread is one of the most ancient of human foods, and the use of yeasts to leaven bread is carefully depicted in paintings from ancient Egypt.
  面包是最古老的人类食品之一，早在古埃及时代，就有利用酵母发酵面包的详细的描述。
• If thy oblation be from the frying pan, of flour tempered with oil, and without leaven.
  若你的祭品是用烤盘做的素祭，该用油调的无酵细面做成。
• Lk. 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
  路十三21好像面酵，有妇人拿去藏在三斗面里，直到全团都发了酵。
• Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  他又对他们讲个比喻说，天国好像面酵，有妇人拿来，藏在三斗面里，直等全团都发起来。
• And, because of the pervasive power of leaven they were not allowed to bring any of it out of Egypt.
  并且，正因为面酵的能力，他们不能够将面酵带出埃及。