英语词汇“ferment”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	ferment
释义	fer·ment I. \fə(r)ˈment, \|fər\|m-, \|fə̄\|m-, \|fəi\|m-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English fermenten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fermenter, from Latin fermentare to cause to rise or ferment, from fermentum, n. *intransitive verb* 1. : to undergo fermentation : work < spores survive and the fruit ferments > 2. a. : to be in a state of individual or social ferment : be inwardly active < everything ferments in him — his thoughts, sensations, and memories; nothing stays quiet — Janet Flanner > : become mentally or emotionally agitated < the squire continued fermenting to the highest degree of exasperation — T.L.Peacock > : seethe; also : to undergo a process of ferment : develop by agitated inner activity < but underneath things will be fermenting, basic decisions shaping up that will have far-reaching effects — Kiplinger Washington Letter > < still have a novel fermenting in my system — Virginia D. Dawson & Betty D. Wilson > b. : to act as a ferment in an individual or society : arouse agitation or promote change < the idea of the self-rule of the people took hold and fermented vigorously > *transitive verb* 1. : to cause to undergo fermentation < enzymes that ferment tobacco > 2. a. : to produce or bring to maturity as if by fermentation < oppressive poverty fermented violent discontent > < travel and reflection fermented his already full mind > b. : to cause ferment (as of emotion) in : work into a state of ferment : agitate, excite, foment < quick-spreading rumors fermented the city and violence soon broke out > II. \ˈfərˌment, ˈfə̄ˌm-, ˈfəiˌm- sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷or _fə(r)ˈm- or chiefly Brit ˈ ̷ ̷_mənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fermentum leaven, yeast — more at barm 1. a. : an agent capable of bringing about fermentation and other metabolic processes: (1) : a living organism (as a yeast or bacterium) that acts by virtue of its enzymes — called also organized ferment; used chiefly commercially; compare starter 3d (2) : enzyme — called also unorganized ferment b. : a person or thing that stimulates agitation or the active working out of change in an individual or society < the possessive instinct, the most violent of ferments — Havelock Ellis > < the active ferment at work in China … was that of nationalism — Times Literary Supplement > 2. a. : fermentation 1 b. : a state of unrest : agitation, excitement, tumult < that ferment in the air which accompanies an election — John Buchan > < she was thrown into a ferment by his unexpected arrival > also : a process of active often disorderly development in an individual life or in a society : the painful or disturbing transition from old to new < a continent in ferment, awakening to a new era after centuries of stagnation — Tad Szulc > < the great period of creative ferment in literature — William Barrett >
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