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
- 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
我对你们说、要防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵、这话不是指著饼说的.你们怎麽不明白呢。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - No meal offering that you present to Jehovah shall be made with leaven, for you shall not burn any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to jehovah.
你们献给耶和华的素祭都不可搀酵；因为你们不可烧一点酵、一点蜜当作火祭献给耶和华。