| 单词 | brew |
| 释义 | Related topics: Drinkbrew1 /bruː/ ●○○ verb 1 [transitive]DFD to make beer 酿造〔啤酒〕 Every beer on the menu was brewed locally. 酒单上的所有啤酒都是本地酿造的。2 [intransitive]DFD if a drink of tea or coffee is brewing, the taste is getting into the hot water 〔茶或咖啡〕泡开 He read the paper while the tea brewed. 他趁泡茶的时候读报纸。3 [transitive] to make a drink of tea or coffee 泡，沏〔茶〕；煮〔咖啡〕 freshly brewed coffee 刚刚煮好的咖啡4 be brewing a) SOONif something unpleasant is brewing, it will happen soon 〔不快之事〕酝酿，即将来临 There’s trouble brewing in the office. 办公室里要有麻烦了。 b) if a storm is brewing, it will happen soon 〔暴风雨〕即将来临5.brew up phrasal verb British English informal DFDto make a drink of tea 泡[沏]茶→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbrew• She let herself in and ministered to their needs, brewing a pot of tea and lighting a good fire.• The pudding went down like a dream, in blessed silence, and Christopher and Francis disappeared to brew coffee.• Health-care bonds anywhere are risky these days, especially with changes brewing in Medicare and Medicaid.• Any wonder that there is a campaign-finance scandal brewing in Washington?• An argument is brewing over the tax cuts.• His face was like something brewed up out of spit and bile.• My next step will be to brew us a pot of chrysanthemum tea.Related topics: Drinkbrew2 noun 1. DFD[countable] especially British English a drink that is brewed, especially tea 泡好的饮料，〔尤指〕泡好的茶2 [countable, uncountable] American English beer, or a can or glass of beer 啤酒；一罐啤酒；一杯啤酒 a cold brew in a frosty glass 冰冷的杯子里装的冰啤酒3 [countable usually singular] a combination of different things 混合物brew of The band played a strange brew of rock, jazz, and country music. 这个乐队演奏摇滚乐、爵士乐和乡村音乐混合的一种奇怪音乐。 → home brewExamples from the Corpusbrew• Each brew master was a craftsman with a personalized understanding of how beer should taste.• Earl Grey never seemed such a decent chap, and we laze back to enjoy his brew.• As for the potent brew itself, that won't be ready until Christmas.• A change into dry clothes before gearing up and a quick brew.• Off we went to a rickety bar in Sabinal Mextown and spent an hour sopping up the brew.• In the days when most types of beer were dark, wheat brews were seen as being relatively pale and often cloudy.Origin brew1 Old English breowanbrew1 verbbrew2 nounChinese to make Corpus beer |
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