ferment
英 [f?'ment]
美[f?'m?nt]
- n. 發(fā)酵；酵素；動亂
- vi. 發(fā)酵；動亂
- vt. 使發(fā)酵；醞釀；使動亂
- n. (Ferment)人名；(法)費爾芒
英英釋意
- 1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
- "the political ferment produced a new leadership"
- "social unrest"
- 2. a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
- 3. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- 4. a chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances