to make beer

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。

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。

a type of beer, especially one made in a particular place or at a particular time

a drink of tea or a drink of beer

Make us a brew, Bren. 布伦，给我们泡杯茶吧。

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。