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
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