ferment
英[fə'ment]
美[fɚ'mɛnt]
- n. 发酵；酵素；动乱
- vi. 发酵；动乱
- vt. 使发酵；酝酿；使动乱
- n. (Ferment)人名；(法)费尔芒
英英释意
- 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