leaven 音标拼音: [l'ɛvən]
n . 酵素,酵母
vt . 使发酵,影响
酵素,酵母使发酵,影响
leaven n 1 :
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid [
synonym : {
leaven }, {
leavening }]
2 :
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something ; "
his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor "
[
synonym : {
leaven }, {
leavening }]
v 1 :
cause to puff up with a leaven ; "
unleavened bread " [
synonym :
{
raise }, {
leaven }, {
prove }]
Leaven \
Leav "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Leavened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Leavening }.]
1 .
To make light by the action of leaven ;
to cause to ferment .
[
1913 Webster ]
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump . --
1 Cor .
v .
6 .
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2 .
To imbue ;
to infect ;
to vitiate .
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With these and the like deceivable doctrines ,
he leavens also his prayer . --
Milton .
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Leaven \
Leav "
en \,
n . [
OE .
levain ,
levein ,
F .
levain ,
L .
levamen alleviation ,
mitigation ;
but taken in the sense of ,
a raising ,
that which raises ,
fr .
levare to raise .
See {
Lever },
n .]
1 .
Any substance that produces ,
or is designed to produce ,
fermentation ,
as in dough or liquids ;
esp .,
a portion of fermenting dough ,
which ,
mixed with a larger quantity of dough ,
produces a general change in the mass ,
and renders it light ;
yeast ;
barm .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Anything which makes a general assimilating (
especially a corrupting )
change in the mass .
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Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees ,
which is hypocrisy . --
Luke xii .
1 .
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
leaven ":
abate ,
adjust to ,
agent ,
alter ,
alterant ,
alterative ,
alterer ,
assuage ,
bespread ,
besprinkle ,
box in ,
breathe ,
brew ,
catalyst ,
catalytic agent ,
circumscribe ,
color ,
condition ,
crawl with ,
creep with ,
decoct ,
diffuse ,
diminish ,
dredge ,
dye ,
entincture ,
extend throughout ,
ferment ,
fermentation ,
fill ,
flavor ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
honeycomb ,
imbrue ,
imbue ,
impregnate ,
infiltrate ,
infuse ,
innovationist ,
innovator ,
instill ,
introducer ,
leave no void ,
leavening ,
limit ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modificator ,
modifier ,
modify ,
modulate ,
narrow ,
occupy ,
overrun ,
overspread ,
overswarm ,
palliate ,
penetrate ,
permeate ,
pervade ,
precursor ,
qualify ,
raise ,
reduce ,
regulate by ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
run through ,
saturate ,
season ,
set conditions ,
set limits ,
soften ,
steep ,
suffuse ,
swarm with ,
teem with ,
temper ,
tincture ,
tinge ,
transformer ,
transfuse ,
transmogrifier ,
yeast Leaven (
1 .)
Heb .
seor (
Ex .
12 :
15 ,
19 ;
13 :
7 ;
Lev .
2 :
11 ),
the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid .
(
2 .)
Heb .
hamets ,
properly "
ferment ."
In Num .
6 :
3 , "
vinegar of wine "
is more correctly "
fermented wine ."
In Ex .
13 :
7 ,
the proper rendering would be , "
Unfermented things [
Heb .
matstsoth ]
shall be consumed during the seven days ;
and there shall not be seen with thee fermented things [
hamets ],
and there shall not be seen with thee leavened mass [
seor ]
in all thy borders ."
The chemical definition of ferment or yeast is "
a substance in a state of putrefaction ,
the atoms of which are in a continual motion ."
The use of leaven was strictly forbidden in all offerings made to the Lord by fire (
Lev .
2 :
11 ;
7 :
12 ;
8 :
2 ;
Num .
6 :
15 ).
Its secretly penetrating and diffusive power is referred to in 1 Cor .
5 :
6 .
In this respect it is used to illustrate the growth of the kingdom of heaven both in the individual heart and in the world (
Matt .
13 :
33 ).
It is a figure also of corruptness and of perverseness of heart and life (
Matt .
16 :
6 ,
11 ;
Mark 8 :
15 ;
1 Cor .
5 :
7 ,
8 ).
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