英语词汇“leaven”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

leaven

释义

a substance, e.g. yeast, used to produce fermentation or a gas in dough, batter, etc to lighten it and make it rise

a mass of fermenting dough reserved for this purpose

something that modifies or lightens something

[Middle English levain via French from Latin levare to raise]

to produce fermentation in (dough, batter, etc) and make it rise by adding leaven

to mingle or permeate (something) with a modifying, tempering, or enlivening element

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