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ferment
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  • ['fəːment][fəː'ment]
  • Derivatives : adj  fermentable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

ferment [fə'mεnt]
  1. 1. vi. [beer] [ dough] [ fruit+] 发酵
  2. 2. vt. [+beer] [ dough] [ fruit] 使发酵
  3. 3. noun [u] (unrest) 骚动
    to be in ferment
    处于动荡不安

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

ferment ['fɝmεnt] ['fəːment] [fɚ'mεnt] [fəː'ment]
  1. 1. noun 酵素,酶(如酵母细菌、酶等)
  2. 2. noun 【同义词】fermentation
  3. 3. noun 激动骚动
  4. 4. vt. 使发酵
  5. 5. vt. 使激动;使骚动
  6. 6. vi. 发酵
  7. 7. vi. 激动沸腾

Collins English-English Dictionary

ferment
  1. 1. n any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation
  2. 2. n another word for fermentation
  3. 3. n commotion; unrest
  4. 4. vb to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation
  5. 5. vb to stir up or seethe with excitement
  6. 6. vb [Etymology] C15: from Latin fermentum yeast, from fervere to seethe

Examples

It was impossible for natural yeast to ferment xylose.
天然酵母不可能用来发酵木糖。
We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content.
我们让葡萄发酵很长时间,以获得较高的酒精浓度。
消化酶
digestive ferment
人多主意多。
More people mean a greater ferment of ideas.
和面时撒点碱面儿可以使面粉发酵。
Add soda powder to the flour when you are mixing it, and it will ferment.
注射液进入血液中,流经肝脏被化学酶分解。
After the injection has gone into the blood, it is resolved by chemical ferment while passing through the liver.

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