stew

US [stu]
UK [stjuː]
  • v.炖;自作自受;烦恼
  • n.炖;炖肉
  • Web炖菜;焖;烩
Plural Form:stews  Present Participle:stewing  Past Tense:stewed  
stew
n.
1.
[u][c]
炖的菜,煨的菜(有肉和蔬菜)a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a container that has a lid
beef stew and dumplings
牛肉炖丸子
I'm making a stew for lunch.
我炖个菜中午吃。
IDM
get (yourself)/be in a stew (about/over sth)
(informal)
(为某事)坐立不安,心烦意乱to become/feel very anxious or upset about sth
v.
1.
[t][i]
~ (sth)
炖;煨to cook sth slowly, or allow sth to cook slowly, in liquid in a closed dish
stewed apples
炖苹果
The meat needs to stew for two hours.
这肉得炖两小时。
2.
[i]
(+ adv./prep.)
思考;担忧to think or worry about sth
I've been stewing over the problem for a while.
这个问题我已经考虑了一会儿。
Leave him to stew.
让他自个儿想想。
IDM
let sb stew in their own juice
(informal)
让某人自作自受to leave sb to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions

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