brew

• vt. 酿造；酝酿
• vi. 酿酒；被冲泡；即将发生
• n. 啤酒；质地
• n. (Brew)人名；(英)布鲁

来自PIE *bhreue, 加热，蒸，词源同burn.

1. drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling

brew

brew: [OE] The ancestral meaning of brew has basically to do with ‘heat’. It comes from an Indo-European base *bhreu- or *bhru, which is also the source of Latin fervēre ‘boil’, from which we get fervent, ferment, and the second syllable of comfrey. Broth and possibly bread can be traced back to the same Indo-European base, and some etymologists have linked it with burn. To ‘brew’ was thus originally something like ‘make a drink by boiling’, ‘fermentation’ being a secondary but connected connotation.
=> broth, comfrey, ferment, fervent

brew (v.)

Old English breowan "to brew" (class II strong verb, past tense breaw, past participle browen), from Proto-Germanic *breuwan "to brew" (cognates: Old Norse brugga, Old Frisian briuwa, Middle Dutch brouwen, Old High German briuwan, German brauen "to brew"), from PIE root *bhreuə- "to bubble, boil, effervesce" (cognates: Sanskrit bhurnih "violent, passionate," Greek phrear "well, spring, cistern," Latin fervere "to boil, foam," Thracian Greek brytos "fermented liquor made from barley," Russian bruja "current," Old Irish bruth "heat;" Old English beorma "yeast;" Old High German brato "roast meat"), the original sense thus being "make a drink by boiling." Related: Brewed; brewing.

brew (n.)

c. 1500, "a brewed beverage," from brew (v.).

The different shapes of the containers suggest they were used to brew, filter, and store beer.

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Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.

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At the time, coca leaf extract mixed with wine was a common tonic (滋补品), and Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol.

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home brew (= beer made at home)

家酿啤酒

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I'll make a fresh brew.

我来重新沏壶茶。

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Let's have a brew.

我们来泡杯茶喝吧。

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The movie is a potent brew of adventure, sex and comedy.

这部影片将历险、性爱和喜剧有机地揉和在一起。

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His music is a heady brew (= a powerful mixture) of heavy metal and punk.

他的音乐是重金属乐和鬅客摇滚乐的强节奏混合体。

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The beer is brewed in the Czech Republic.

这种啤酒是在捷克共和国酿造的。

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freshly brewed coffee

刚刚煮好的咖啡

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Always let tea brew for a few minutes.

每次都要让茶泡上几分钟。

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Whose turn is it to brew up?

该谁煮咖啡了？

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I thought I'd try the local brew.

我想我还是尝尝本地的啤酒。

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...a potent brew of smooth salesmanship and amateur psychiatry.

熟练的推销术与业余攻心术的有效结合

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...low-alcohol brews.

低酒精度啤酒

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We'd seen the storm brewing when we were out in the boat.

我们在外面划船的时候就发现风暴将至。

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At home a crisis was brewing...

家中一场危机正在酝酿。

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There's trouble brewing.

要有麻烦了。

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Most cities generate a complex brew of pollutants.

多数城市都会产生各种物质混杂的污染物。

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I'll get Venner to brew some tea...

我会让文纳沏些茶。

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He brewed a pot of coffee.

他冲了一壶咖啡。

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She swallowed a mouthful of the hot strong brew, and wiped her eyes.

她喝了一口热浓茶，又擦了擦眼睛。

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...a mild herbal brew.

清淡的药草茶

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I brew my own beer...

我自己酿制啤酒。

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The beer is brewed at the Charles Wells Brewery.

这种啤酒是查尔斯·威尔斯啤酒厂生产的。

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Britons still consume more than 29 million pints a day, ranging over 1,000 or more different brews.

英国人每天仍然要喝掉2,900多万品脱、1,000多种不同牌子的啤酒。

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As they brew, so let them bake.

谁开的头,就由谁继续下去.

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Brew a cup of peppermint tea and place it on a table in front of you.

在你之前酿造一杯薄荷茶而且放它在一张桌子上.

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The pharmacist carefully measured out a dose of herbal medicine and told me how to brew it.

药剂师仔细地配好一服草药,并告诉我煎药的方法.

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