(stummed, stumming)with obj.
1
- prevent or stop the fermentation of (wine) by fumigating a cask with burning sulphur(用燃烧硫磺熏酒桶以)阻止(或停止)(葡萄酒)发酵。
2
- renew the fermentation of (wine) by adding stum(加未发酵葡萄汁)使(葡萄酒)重新发酵。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Dutch stom (noun), stommen (verb), from stom 'dumb'.