leaven

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɛv.ən/|[ˈlɛvn̩]    美 /ˈlɛv.ən/|[ˈlɛvn̩]|/ˈlev.ən/|[ˈlevn̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. countable,uncountable
  2. Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
  3. Chametz. Judaism,countable,uncountable
    — On the fourteenth day of Nisan men search for leaven by candlelight.
动词 v.
  1. To add a leavening agent. transitive
    — Yeast is used to leaven bread, making it rise during baking.
  2. To cause to rise by fermentation. transitive
  3. To temper an action, decision, attitude, characteristic, etc. figuratively,transitive
    — Duke. No more euasion: We haue with a leauen'd, and prepared choice Proceeded to you; therefore take your honors:[...]
  4. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. figuratively,transitive
    — The comedian's jokes helped leaven the atmosphere during the serious meeting.
  5. To rise or become larger; to prove.

词形变化

leavens plural leavens present,singular,third-person leavening participle,present leavened participle,past leavened past leven alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
leavenless leavenous natural leaven of the same leaven leavened leavener leavening overleaven unleavenable unleavened
相关词
yeast

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder.
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Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.?
Proto-Italic *leɣʷis
Latin levis
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin levō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-mn̥
Latin -men
Vulgar Latin *levāmender.
Old French levainbor.
Middle English levayn
English leaven
From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder.
▲
Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.?
Proto-Italic *leɣʷis
Latin levis
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin levō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-mn̥
Latin -men
Vulgar Latin *levāmender.
Old French levainbor.
Middle English levayn
English leaven
From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).
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