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leavening

/lev-uh-ning/US // ˈlɛv ə nɪŋ //

发酵剂,酵素,发酵,酵剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called leavening agent. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or batter; leaven.
    • : the act or process of causing to ferment by leaven.
    • : leaven.

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Examples

  • It is a comedy, and I have included it as I think every list can do with a dash of comedic leavening.

  • So why do we hear so many professors describe their pupils as hostile to learning, with a leavening of indolence?

  • That perception will grow more irrefutable soon, should Rahm go and rob him of a more robust leavening.

  • Yet my unhappiness in all this was only a part of a general change that was quickly leavening me throughout.

  • She was a little astonished to see these girls turning it into play, leavening it with laughter.

  • No leavening except the eggs is used in the recipe for cake of this kind.

  • A few varieties of cake are made light by means of yeast instead of being leavened with eggs or chemical leavening agents.

  • It is this period of hesitating progress and slow leavening of men's ideas that we have to pass through in this week's lecture.