brew
verb uk/bruː/ us/bruː/
(DRINK)
[ T ]酿（啤酒）
to make beer
[ I or T ]泡（茶）;煮（咖啡）;（茶）冲泡;（咖啡）煮
If you brew tea or coffee, you add boiling water to it to make a hot drink, and if it brews, it gradually develops flavour in the container in which it was made.
[ + two objects ] He brewed us some coffee./He brewed some coffee for us. 他给我们煮了些咖啡。
(BAD SITUATION)
[ I ]（坏事或暴风雨）即将来临，酝酿
If an unpleasant situation or a storm is brewing, you feel that it is about to happen.
It was too quiet - I felt that trouble was brewing. 太安静了——我觉得要出事了。
A storm was brewing in the distance. 远处一场暴风雨即将来临。
brew
noun uk/bruː/ us/bruː/
(DRINK)
[ C ]（尤指某地或某个时间酿造的）啤酒
a type of beer, especially one made in a particular place or at a particular time
[ C usually singular ] UK informal一杯茶;一份啤酒
a drink of tea or a drink of beer
Make us a brew, Bren. 布伦，给我们泡杯茶吧。
(MIX)
[ C ]混合物
a mixture of several things
They gave her a strange brew to drink. 他们让她喝一种奇怪的混合饮料。
War, with its fear, its deprivation, its excitement and violence makes for a very heady brew (= powerful combination). 战争是恐惧、剥夺、刺激和暴力诸因素的混合体，给人以强烈震撼。