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leaven['levn]n.1.■酵母；发酵剂；面肥2.■潜在作用；潜移默化的影响，引起渐变的因素3.■色调；色彩；性格vt.1.■(加发酵剂)使(面团等)发酵：Biscuits and crackers are chemically leavened.饼干和脆饼干是用化学方法发酵的。2.■影响；使渐变：The chairman leavened the dull meeting with a few jokes.主席讲了几个笑话来活跃沉闷的会议。vi.1.■渐变leaven the (whole)lump使(整个)团体活跃起来of the same leaven同类的；同一性质的the old leaven(尚未根除的)旧习气；旧思想的残余；陋习；陋规 |