starch

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n. 淀粉, 浆糊, 刻板 vt. 浆硬

发音

US /stɑɹt͡ʃ/
UK /stɑːt͡ʃ/

词形变化

starches 复数 starches starched starches 三单 starching starching 现在分词 starched 过去式 starched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.

    淀粉

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    Meronym: saccharide

  2. 2.

    Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

    碳水化合物

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  3. 3.

    A stiff, formal manner; formality.

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  4. 4.

    Fortitude.

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  5. 5.

    Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To apply or treat with laundry starch, in order to create a hard, smooth surface.

    及物

    She starched her blouses.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Stiff; precise; rigid.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

amylum

上位词 4

preparation formulation polyose polysaccharide

下位词 9

amyloid arrowroot arum cassava cornflour cornstarch manioc manioca sago
动词

上位词 1

stiffen

相关短语

starch hyacinth starch hyacinths starch generator starch generators hydroxypropyl starch phosphate hydroxypropyl starch glycerine tapioca starch tous-les-mois starch modified starch corn starch [化] 玉米淀粉 [医] 玉蜀黍淀粉, 玉米淀粉 [经] 玉米粉 potato starch 太白粉 wheat starch hydroxypropyl starch animal starch [化] 糖原; 糖元; 牲粉; 动物淀粉 [医] 糖原, 动物淀粉

词源

From Middle English starche, sterche, from Old English *stierċe (“stiffness, rigidity, strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *starkī (“stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch sterk (“strong”), Middle Low German sterke (“strength”), German Stärke (“strength", also "starch”), Swedish stärkelse (“starch”), Icelandic sterkja (“starch”). Related to English stark (“stiff, strong, vigorous, powerful”).

来源：wiktionary