starch

英 [stɑːtʃ] 美[stɑrtʃ]
  • n. 淀粉;刻板,生硬
  • vt. 给…上浆
  • n. (Starch)人名;(英)斯塔奇;(德、捷)施塔希

CET6+TEM4IELTSTOEFL低频词扩展词汇

词态变化


复数: starches;第三人称单数: starches;过去式: starched;过去分词: starched;现在分词: starching;

助记提示


1. *ster- / *star- "stiff, rigid" => stare.
2. => look fixedly at, look at sb / sth stiffly or rigidly.
3. *ster- / *star- "stiff, rigid" => developed figurative sense "sterile, barren".
4. *ster- / *star- => stark.
5. => complete, absolutely; sterile, barren; stiff, rigid.
6. stark => starch (k -> ch).
7. => pasty substance used to stiffen cloth. => 浆粉,淀粉。

中文词源


starch 使僵硬,使变硬,上浆,淀粉

来自古英语*stercan,使僵硬,使变硬,来自 Proto-Germanic*starkijan,使变硬,来自 PIE*ster, 僵的,硬的,固定的,词源同 stark,startle,sterile.因过去常用浆糊给布料糊浆使布料变硬,而 淀粉是制浆的重要原料,因而引申词义淀粉。现在中国农村仍然有熬制浆糊贴春联的习俗。

英文词源


starch (v.)
late 14c., from Old English *stercan (Mercian), *stiercan (West Saxon) "make rigid," found in stercedferhð "fixed, hard, resolute" (related to stearc "stiff"), from Proto-Germanic *starkijan "to make hard" (cognates: German Stärke "strength, starch," Swedish stärka "to starch"), from PIE root *ster- (1) "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see stark). Related: Starched; starching.
starch (n.)
"pasty substance used to stiffen cloth," mid-15c., back-formation from starch (v.). Figurative sense of "stiffness of manner" is recorded from 1705.

双语例句


1. There's too much starch in your diet.
你的日常饮食中淀粉含量太高。

来自《权威词典》

2. Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.
玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Starch - binding domains ( SBD ) are present in lots of amylases, e.
很多淀粉酶中都具有淀粉结合区域 ( starch-bindingdomain,SBD ), 如!

来自互联网

4. She reorganised her eating so that she was taking more fruit and vegetables and less starch, salt, and fat.
她重新调整了自己的饮食,多吃水果、蔬菜,少吃淀粉、盐和脂肪。

来自柯林斯例句

5. It's important to rinse the rice to remove the starch.
一定要淘米以洗掉淀粉。

来自辞典例句