词典释义：
[mass noun]a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan
炖（或焖）的肉和蔬菜
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lamb stew 炖羊肉
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[count noun]
add to casseroles, stews, and sauces .加上砂锅菜、炖菜和沙司。
[in sing.]
〈非 正式〉 忧虑，焦急；不安，激动
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she's in a right old stew .她确实老是坐立不安。
〈古〉 热浴室。
a brothel
妓院。
cook (meat, fruit, or other food) slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan
炖，焖，煨（肉，水果或其他食物）
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a new way to stew rhubarb 炖大黄的一种新方法
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[no obj.]
add the beef and stew gently .加上牛肉然后用文火炖。
[no obj.](of meat, fruit, or other food)be cooked in such a way
（肉、水果等食物）炖，煨，焖。
[no obj.]
〈英〉 （茶）（因久泡）变浓变苦。
[no obj.]
〈非正式〉 处于炎热（或沉闷）的空气中
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sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag .焖在塑料袋里的汗水湿透了的衣服。
[no obj.]
〈非正式〉 担心，担忧
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James will be expecting us, so we will let him stew a bit .詹姆斯会期待我们，因此我们要让他有些牵挂。
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〈诗／文〉 沉浸于；充满
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politics there are stewed in sexual prejudice and privilege .那里的政治充斥着性别歧视和特权。
〈英〉 鱼塘；大鱼桶。
an artificial oyster bed
人工牡蛎养殖场。
〈北美，非正式〉 （客机的）乘务员。
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stew in one's own juice informal suffer anxiety or the unpleasant consequences of one's own actions without the consoling intervention of others 〈非正式〉 自作自受
"Middle English （in the sense ‘cauldron’）： from Old French
