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 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？
• A few bright and interested minds can leaven the whole lump.
  少数几个聪明的、有兴趣于学习的学生可以活跃全班的学习气氛。
• How is it that you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and sadducees.
  你们怎么不明白？我对你们所说的，不是指着饼，乃是指着要提防法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。
• 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。
• And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
  任你们献有酵的感谢祭，把甘心祭宣传报告给众人，因为是你们所喜爱的。这是主耶和华说的。
• 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。
• We give them a sense of humor because laughter leaven life.
  我们要给予他们幽默感，因为笑声可以使生活更轻松。
• General occupational competencies like problem solving and critical thinking are the patient capital in most occupations nowadays. They enable and leaven further learning in applied contexts.
  像解决问题和批判性思维这样的通用职业能力如今在大多数职业领域都是耐心资本，它们使人能够在应用环境中进一步学习并发挥潜移默化的影响。
• 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。
• A leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread.
  一种发酵的生面团酵母，探矿者用来做面包。