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GRE 红宝书

• v. / n.使发酵; 骚动
• ［英］ v. / n.使发酵 ( to cause fermentation in) ; 骚动 ( to excite, agitate)
• ［类］ 反义词: tranquility ( 宁静)
• ［记］ ferm ( =ferv热) +ent -> ( 生热) 发酵, 激动
• ［例］ The whole country was in a state of ferment.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to undergo fermentation
  • 2. to be in a state of agitation or intense activity
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to undergo fermentation
  • 2. to work up (as into a state of agitation) ; foment
• ? fermentable adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fermentum yeast — more at barm
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a living organism (as a yeast) that causes fermentation by virtue of its enzymes
  • b. enzyme
• 2.
  • a. a state of unrest ; agitation
  • b. a process of active often disorderly development <the great period of creative ferment in literature — William Barrett>

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