词组 | brew |
释义 | brew [brewed, brewed, brewing] brew up 1. brew up • brew up sth BrE informal to make a drink of tea or coffee: ▪ Every two hours the men would stop work to brew up and have a cigarette. ▪ I spent the day reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea. 2. be brewing up especially BrE if trouble or a situation in which people argue or fight with each other is brewing up, it is starting to develop: ▪ The CIA were aware that a civil war was brewing up in Nicaragua. 3. brew up sth • brew sth up usually progressive to secretly plan something that will cause trouble: ▪ I knew that the kids were brewing something up but I wasn't sure what it was. ▪ Racist organizations are brewing up mischief wherever they can. 4. brew up sth to make a mixture of drugs, medicines etc: ▪ We found him in his laboratory, brewing up a strange concoction of psychedelic drugs. |
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