leavening是什么意思？

leavening

英['levnɪŋ] 美['levənɪŋ]

• n. 酵母，发酵，发酵物；
• v. 使（面团）发酵( leaven的现在分词 )，在…中掺入改变的因素；

例句

• The dosage of technological parameter and feasible emulsification and concentrated aid and leavening was confirmed. 确定了该产品制作的主要工艺参数、适宜的乳化剂、增稠剂、发酵剂的用量.
• His sermons benefited from a leavening of humor. 他的布道得益于幽默的影响.
• Shall we make cakes with this leavening dough tonight? 晚上我们用这块酵子烙饼吃吧.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  给…添趣；为…增色；使生动
  If a situation or activity is leavened by or with something, it is made more interesting or cheerful.
  例句
  His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport—a black cab... 他极度悲观沮丧，而他的代步工具——一辆黑色的出租车，丝毫不能舒缓这一情绪。 He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war's rigours with riotous enjoyment. 他找到了懂得用狂欢来冲淡战争的严酷的志趣相投的军官。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something;
  "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
  2. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid