"ferment" in Chinese (Simplified)
发酵
Definition
使某种物质(通常是食物或饮料)经历化学变化而分解,通常会产生气体或酒精,例如制作面包、葡萄酒或酸奶。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“Ferment”多用于正式或科学、食品相关语境。常见搭配有 'ferment milk/grapes/grains'。有时也指情绪或局势激化,但不常见。
Examples
You need yeast to ferment bread dough.
你需要酵母让面团**发酵**。
Grapes ferment to become wine.
葡萄**发酵**后变成葡萄酒。
Milk can ferment and turn sour if left out.
牛奶放在外面可能会**发酵**变酸。
We left the cabbage to ferment for two weeks to make kimchi.
我们让白菜**发酵**两周来做泡菜。
If you don't seal the jar, it might not ferment properly.
如果你不封好罐子,可能不会正常**发酵**。
Things started to ferment in the group after the announcement.
公告之后,群里气氛开始**发酵**(变得激动)。