stew
vt.& vi. 炖,煨; 闷热; 担忧
n. 炖煮的菜肴; 烦恼,焦虑
A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature.
She served him a bowl of beef stew...
她为他端上了一碗炖牛肉。
They made a stew.
他们做了一道炖菜。
When you stew meat, vegetables, or fruit, you cook them slowly in liquid in a closed dish.
Stew the apple and blackberries to make a thick pulp.
将苹果和黑莓炖成稠浆。
...stewed prunes.
炖李子
If you are in a stew, you feel very worried.
He's been in a stew since early this morning...
他从今天一大早就焦虑不安。
Highly charged emotions have you in a stew.
高度紧张的情绪会让人陷入不安。
If you let a person stew or if you leave them to stew, you deliberately allow them to worry about something for a while, rather than telling them something which would make them feel better.
I'd rather let him stew...
我宁可让他一个人去烦恼。
Leave them to stew in their own juice.
让他们自食其果吧。
1. agitation resulting from active worry;
2. food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
1. be in a huff; be silent or sullen
2. bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
3. cook slowly and for a long time in liquid;
let somebody stew in their own juice
(非正式)让某人自作自受
get (yourself)/be in a stew (about/over something)
(为某事)坐立不安;心烦意乱
The stew must be boiled up before serving.
炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌.
Don't hurry with your stew!
炖汤时急不得.
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew , Esau came in from open country, famished.
有一天、雅各熬汤 、 以扫从田野回来累昏了.
Instead, Tolbert's team found that their simulated atmosphere produced a stew of organic chemicals.
但结果恰恰相反, 特尔伯特的团队发现他们模拟的大气层中变成了有机化学分子的浓汤.
Stew the pears in red wine for a couple of hours.
将梨在红葡萄酒中炖上几小时.