stew
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stew1 /stjuː $ stuː/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]DFCOOK a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time 炖煮的菜肴 SYN casserole a pot of stew 一锅炖菜 beef stew 炖牛肉2. in a stew informalWORRIED confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in 〔为处于困境而〕困惑的，焦虑的
Examples from the Corpus
stew• There were no Pommes Anna to puzzle him, but would he find the croûtons for the top of the chicken stew?• Inside the mirrored towers of its operations complex, it decodes, translates and analyzes the electronic stew known as signals intelligence.• At the Desert Garden Hotel, the buffet line is digging into kangaroo stew.• Human and animal, they all stirred up together in some great mental stew.• Specialities include mussel and onion stew and chicken de vaux.• I was tired, and wanted to recover from the stew.• The stew was on and simmering, and the fragrance in the rectory was intoxicating.• Don't hurry with your stew, er - Vern.stew2 verb 1 [transitive]DFCCOOK to cook something slowly in liquid 炖，煨，焖 stewed apples 炖苹果2 let somebody stew informal (also let somebody stew in their own juice) to leave someone to suffer the unpleasant results of their own actions instead of helping them 让某人自作自受 Let him stew – I'm not going to help him. 就让他自作自受——我才不会去帮他呢。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
stew• Younger hares take well to marinating and roasting rare; older ones need to be braised or stewed.• She could stew in her own juice.• Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice, or lack of it.• The air inside was rank with the fishy oils of stewing porpoise.• Had they stewed up a supper of some giant arachnid for Tundrish?Origin stew1 (1300-1400) Old French estuve “cooking pot, heated room”, from Vulgar Latin extufa; → STOVE1stew1 nounstew2 verbChinese
and a meal cooking meat hot made Corpus vegetables by
stew
stew1 /stjuː $ stuː/ 
noun
SYN casserole:
a pot of stew
beef stew
2. in a stew informal confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in
stew2 verb
1. [transitive] to cook something slowly in liquid:
stewed apples
2. let somebody stew informal (also let somebody stew in their own juice) to leave someone to suffer the unpleasant results of their own actions instead of helping them:
Let him stew – I'm not going to help him.
| I |
noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: estuve 'cooking pot, heated room', from Vulgar Latin extufa; ⇨ stove1
1. [uncountable and countable] a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time Language: Old French
Origin: estuve 'cooking pot, heated room', from Vulgar Latin extufa; ⇨ stove1
SYN casserole:
2. in a stew informal confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in
| II |
verb1. [transitive] to cook something slowly in liquid:
2. let somebody stew informal (also let somebody stew in their own juice) to leave someone to suffer the unpleasant results of their own actions instead of helping them:
