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
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- 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。
- A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
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- Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
几分幽默使她的讲话更为有趣。
- Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport—a black cab...
英英释义
noun
- an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
- his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
- a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
verb
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
耶稣嘱咐他们说，你们要谨慎，防备法利赛人的酵，和希律的酵。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
你不可将我祭物的血和有酵的饼一同献上。逾越节的祭物也不可留到早晨。