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

• 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。
• 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。
• Objective To investigate the cholesterol-reducing effects of complex bacteria leaven ( CBL) from Kefir Grain milk yoghurt in experimental hypercholesterolemia rats.
  目的探讨藏灵菇源酸奶复合菌发酵剂对实验性高胆固醇血症大鼠降胆固醇作用。
• 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？
• Study on the cholesterol-reducing effects of complex bacteria leaven from Kefir grain milk yoghurt in rats
  藏灵菇源酸奶复合菌发酵剂对大鼠降胆固醇的研究
• Jiaozi is Chinese traditional leaven for paste.
  酵子是我国传统的面团发酵剂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A few clever students can leaven the whole lump.
  几个聪明学生可以使整个班级活跃起来。