fermentation
英[f??men'te??(?)n]
美[,f?m?n'te??n]
- n. 發(fā)酵
英英釋意
- 1. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- 2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
- "the political ferment produced a new leadership"
- "social unrest"
- 3. a chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances