ferment
v[I, Tn]
1 (make sth) change chemically through the action of organic substances (esp yeast) (使某物)發酵
Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time. 果汁放置日久會發酵.
When wine is fermented it gives off bubbles of gas. 酒發酵時會放出氣泡.
2 (fig 比喻) excite; stir up 激起; 煽動
ferment trouble among the factory workers 在工人中引起騷動.
ferment n
1 [C] substance, eg yeast, that causes sth to ferment 發酵劑; 酵母.
2 [U] (esp political or social) excitement or unrest (尤指政治或社會方面的)動蕩不安
The country was in (a state of) ferment. 這個國家處於動蕩不安之中.