n. 1.酶,酵素。 2.发酵。 3.扰动,骚动。 短语和例子 Yeast is a ferment . 酵母是一种发酵剂。 cause national ferment 引起举国骚动。 be in a ferment 在动乱中。 vt.,vi. (使)发酵;(使)激动,(使)骚动。 adj. -table 发酵性的,可发酵的。 n. -tation 发酵;激动,激昂,纷扰,人心骚动。 -tative, -tive adj. 发酵性的,有发酵力的。
a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol 同义词:zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting,
a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" 同义词:agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest,
a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" 同义词:sour, turn, work,
cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" 同义词:work,
work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"
be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"