| 单词 | leaven |
| 释义 | leaven[ lev-uhn ] / ˈlɛv ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR leaven ON THESAURUS.COM nouna substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter. fermented dough reserved for producing fermentation in a new batch of dough. an element that produces an altering or transforming influence. verb (used with object)to add leaven to (dough or batter) and cause to rise. to permeate with an altering or transforming element. Origin of leavenFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English levain, levein, leven, from Anglo-French levein, levain, Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin levāmen (unrecorded) “means of raising or lifting,” from Latin levāmen “alleviation, mitigation, relief,” derivative of levā(re) “to raise, lift up; relieve, reduce” + -men noun suffix Words nearby leavenleaved, leave flat, leave hanging, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, leaven, leavening, leave no stone unturned, Leavenworth, leave of absence, leave off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leavenBritish Dictionary definitions for leavenleaven / (ˈlɛvən) / noun Also: leaveningany substance that produces fermentation in dough or batter, such as yeast, and causes it to rise a piece of such a substance kept to ferment a new batch of dough an agency or influence that produces a gradual change verb (tr)to cause fermentation in (dough or batter) to pervade, causing a gradual change, esp with some moderating or enlivening influence Word Origin for leavenC14: via Old French ultimately from Latin levāmen relief, (hence, raising agent, leaven), from levāre to raise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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