英语释义
1. a yellowish surface froth or sediment that occurs especially in saccharine liquids (such as fruit juices) in which it promotes alcoholic fermentation, consists largely of cells of a fungus (such as the saccharomyces, Saccharomyces cerevisiae), and is used especially in the making of alcoholic liquors and as a leaven in baking
2. a commercial product containing yeast fungi in a moist or dry medium
3. a unicellular fungus that is present and functionally active in yeast, usually has little or no mycelium, and reproduces by budding
4. any of various similar fungi
5. the foam or spume of waves
6. something that causes ferment or activity
were all seething with the yeast of revolt
— J. F. Dobie
7. ferment, froth
8. a type of fungus that is used in making alcoholic drinks (such as beer and wine) and in baking to help make dough rise
9. a single-celled fungus that ferments sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide
10. a commercial product containing living yeast cells that is used in baking to make dough rise and in the making of alcoholic beverages (as wine)
11. a unicellular chiefly ascomycetous fungus (as of the family Saccharomycetaceae) that has usually little or no mycelium, that typically reproduces asexually by budding, and that includes forms (as Saccharomyces cerevisiae) which cause alcoholic fermentation and are used especially in the making of alcoholic beverages and leavened bread
12. a yellowish surface froth or sediment that occurs especially in sugary fermenting liquids (as fruit juices) and consists chiefly of yeast cells and carbon dioxide
13. a commercial product containing yeast cells in a moist or dry medium