stew
noun
verb
stjuː noun
1 a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time 炖煮的菜肴; C,U
a pot of stew
一锅炖菜
beef stew
炖牛肉
2
in a stew
confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in [非正式] 困惑的; 焦虑的 informal
verb
3 to cook something slowly in liquid 炖,煨,焖 T
stewed apples
炖苹果
4
stew in your own juice
also 又作 to worry or become angry because of something bad that has happened or a mistake you have made 自作自受 I | informal BrE
She just sat there stewing in her own juice.
她就坐在那里,自食其果。