Brew
[bruː] or [brʊ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling.
(verb.) sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; 'the tea is brewing'.
(verb.) prepare by brewing; 'people have been brewing beer for thousands of years'.
錄入:朱迪思--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To boil or seethe; to cook.
(v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.
(v. t.) To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
(v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
(v. i.) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
(v. i.) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
(n.) The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.
編輯:勒罗伊
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Prepare by fermentation.[2]. Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite, stir up.
v. n. [1]. Make beer.[2]. Be gathering, be forming.
整理:莫顿
解釋/意思:
v.t. to prepare a liquor as from malt and other materials: to contrive or plot.—v.i. to perform the operation of brewing ale or beer: to be gathering or forming.—ns. Brew′age something brewed: mixed liquor; Brew′er one who brews; Brew′ery Brew′-house a place for brewing; Brew′ing the act of making liquor from malt: the quantity brewed at once; Brew′ster (now only Scot.) a brewer.
整理:莱昂内尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Better not try to brew beer there now, or it would turn out sour, boy; don't you think so? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- They made a bet of a new hat before they had known each other half an hour, who should brew the best quart of punch and drink it the quickest. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But in the country, many middling and almost all rich and great families, brew their own beer. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Born of roses, fed on dew, Charms and potions canst thou brew? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Either on account of this composition, however, or for other reasons, it is not near so common to malt as to brew for private use. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- LOT 1 was marked in whitewashed knock-knee letters on the brew house; LOT 2 on that part of the main building which had been so long shut up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The only people likely to suffer by the change of system here proposed, are those who brew for their own private use. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- These revived impressions succeeded each other quickly and dreamily in Lydgate's mind while the tea was being brewed. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Drunk as he'd brewed, eaten as he'd baked. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The blood in our veins was brewed on the steppes as well as on the ploughlands. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I like Featherstones that were brewed such, and not turned Featherstones with sticking the name on 'em. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Is the punch brewed? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In a very short time Stone Court was cleared of well-brewed Featherstones and other long-accustomed visitors. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Priscus mentions mead in the place of wine, millet for corn, and a drink either distilled[272] or brewed from barley. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And arterwards, crushing a flowing wine-cup--which I allude to brewing rum and water--we'll pledge one another. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- No brewing was going on in it, and none seemed to have gone on for a long long time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I suspect you and he are brewing some bad polities, else you would not be seeing so much of the lively man. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Glucose syrup, however, has largely superseded all other table syrups, and is extensively used in brewing, for cheap candies, and for bee food. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Such a precious loud hymn, Sammy, while the tea was a brewing; such a grace, such eatin' and drinkin'! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In the commercial application of chemistry the work of Louis Pasteur in _fermenting_ and _brewing_ deserves special notice as making a great advance in this art. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- There is a great trouble brewing--my husband and Eustacia! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
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