1
- 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：
lamb stew
炖羊肉
count noun add to casseroles, stews, and sauces.加上砂锅菜、炖菜和沙司。
2
- in sing. informal a state of great anxiety or agitation〈非正式〉忧虑, 焦急; 不安, 激动：
she's in a right old stew.
她确实老是坐立不安。
3
- archaic a heated public room used for hot steam baths〈古〉热浴室。
3.1
- a brothel妓院。
with obj.
1- 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）：
a new way to stew rhubarb
炖大黄的一种新方法
no obj. add the beef and stew gently.加上牛肉然后用文火炖。
1.1
- no obj.(of meat, fruit, or other food) be cooked in such a way（肉、水果等食物）炖, 煨, 焖。
1.2
- no obj. Brit. (of tea) become strong and bitter with prolonged brewing〈英〉（茶）（因久泡）变浓变苦。
1.3
- no obj. informal remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere〈非正式〉处于炎热（或沉闷）的空气中：
sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag.
焖在塑料袋里的汗水湿透了的衣服。
1.4
- no obj. informal worry about something, especially on one's own〈非正式〉担心, 担忧：
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。
1.5
be stewed in
poetic/literary be steeped in or imbued with〈诗/文〉沉浸于; 充满：politics there are stewed in sexual prejudice and privilege.
那里的政治充斥着性别歧视和特权。
短语
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。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'cauldron'）： from Old French estuve （related to estuver 'heat in steam'）, probably based on Greek tuphos 'smoke, steam'. Sense 1 （mid 18th cent.） is directly from the verb (dating from late Middle English).
1
- Brit. a pond or large tank for keeping fish for eating〈英〉鱼塘; 大鱼桶。
1.1
- an artificial oyster bed人工牡蛎养殖场。
词源
Middle English: from Old French estui, from estoier 'confine'.