英语词汇“foment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	foment
释义	Word Frequency foment (fəˈmɛnt) verb (transitive) 1. to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up 2. medicine to apply heat and moisture to (a part of the body) to relieve pain and inflammation ▶ USAGE Both foment and ferment can be used to talk about stirring up trouble: he was accused of fomenting/fermenting unrest. Only ferment can be used intransitively or as a noun: his anger continued to ferment (not foment); rural areas were unaffected by the ferment in the cities Derived forms fomentation (ˌfəʊmɛnˈteɪʃən) noun fomenter (foˈmenter) noun Word origin C15: from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum a poultice, ultimately from fovēre to foster
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