ferment
ferment 英 [fəˈment] 美 [fərˈment]
n. 动乱 v. 发酵
进行时:fermenting 过去式:fermented 过去分词:fermented 第三人称单数:ferments 名词复数:ferments
- The word ferment means a commotion or excitement. Consider that the fermentation that turns juice or grain into alcohol is the result of the agitated development of bacteria, and then you can better appreciate the word's meaning.
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- n. 动乱
- v. 发酵
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1. Fruit juices ferment if they are kept for too long.
果汁存放过久就会发酵。
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2. A blend of emotions fermented inside her.
她百感交集，激动不已。
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3. Red wine is fermented at a higher temperature than white.
红葡萄酒发酵的温度比白葡萄酒高。
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4. The country is in ferment.
这个国家动荡不安。
- ferment (n.) early 15c., from Middle French ferment (14c.), from Latin fermentum "leaven, yeast; drink made of fermented barley;" figuratively "anger, passion" (see ferment (v.)). Figurative sense of "anger, passion, commotion" in English is from 1670s.
- ferment (v.) late 14c. (intransitive), from Old French fermenter (13c.) and directly from Latin fermentare "to leaven, cause to rise or ferment," from fermentum "substance causing fermentation, leaven, drink made of fermented barley," perhaps contracted from *fervimentum, from root of fervere "to boil, seethe" (from PIE root *bhreu- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn"). Transitive use from 1670s. Figurative use from 1650s. Related: Fermented; fermenting.
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