ferment
US: /ˈfɝmɛnt/, /fɝˈmɛnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ferment /'fə:ment/
- danh từ
- men
- con men
- sự lên men
- sự khích động, sự vận động
- sự xôn xao, sự náo động
- nội động từ
- lên men, dậy men
- xôn xao, sôi sục, náo động
- ngoại động từ
- làm lên men, làm dậy men
- kích thích, khích động, vận động, xúi giục
- làm xôn xao, làm sôi sục, làm náo động
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
to experience a chemical change because of the action of YEAST or bacteria, often changing sugar to alcohol; to make sth change in this way: [V] Fruit juices ferment if they are kept for too long. + (figurative) A blend of emotions fermented inside her. + [VN] Red wine is fermented at a higher temperature than white.
fermentation noun [U]: Sugar is converted into alcohol by a process of fermentation.
+ noun [U, sing.] (formal) a state of political or social excitement and confusion: a period of intense political ferment + The country is in ferment.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 boil, effervesce, seethe, bubble, foam, froth, brew; rise, raise, work, leaven:
A rebellion is fermenting in the northern counties. Adding yeast causes the bread to ferment.
2 excite, stir up, incite, instigate, agitate, foment, inflame, rouse, provoke:
He helped to ferment a riot.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
heady, intense | artistic, creative, cultural, intellectual | political, revolutionary
a period of intense political ferment
PREP.
in (a) ~
The country was in ferment.
Concise English dictionary
ferments|fermented|fermentingfə(r)'ment
noun
+a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
+a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
+a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
verb
+be in an agitated or excited state
+work up into agitation or excitement
+cause to undergo fermentation
+go sour or spoil
