Word familynounfermentabilityfermentationfermentativenessfermenterfermentadjectivefermentablefermentativefermentedfermentesciblefermentitiousfermentive
PPa situation of great excitement or trouble in a country, especially caused by political change 〔尤指因政治变革引起的〕动乱,骚动SYN turmoil
in ferment
In the 1960s, American society was in ferment.
20世纪60年代,美国社会动荡不安。
political/intellectual/cultural etc ferment
the artistic ferment of the late sixth century
六世纪后期的艺术骚动
Examples from the Corpus
ferment• The reformulations are there because there is a ferment of thought in process, demanding words.• Yet there is a great religious fervor and fermentevident among not only young people but old and middle-aged as well.• And like the Hill, here people of such different backgrounds were tossed together into one grandferment.• Not all the banlieues are in ferment, of course.• Town-planning ideas were in ferment from another direction too.• Thirteen others arrested during the ferment are being brought before the courts in two batches.
political/intellectual/cultural etc ferment• It was an age of intellectual ferment too.
Originferment1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchfermenter, from Latinfermentum“yeast”