| 单词 | starch |
| 释义 | Word Frequency starch(stɑːtʃ) noun 1. a polysaccharide composed of glucose units that occurs widely in plant tissues in the form of storage granules, consisting of amylose and amylopectin ▶ Related adjective: amylaceous2. Also called: amylum a starch obtained from potatoes and some grain: it is fine white powder that forms a translucent viscous solution on boiling with water and is used to stiffen fabric and in many industrial processes 3. any food containing a large amount of starch, such as rice and potatoes 4. stiff or pompous formality of manner or conduct verb 5. (transitive) to stiffen with or soak in starch adjective 6. (of a person) formal; stiff Derived forms starcher (ˈstarcher) noun starchlike (ˈstarchˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English stercan (unattested except by the past participle sterced) to stiffen; related to Old Saxon sterkian, Old High German sterken to strengthen, Dutch sterken; see stark |
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