| 单词 | fructose |
| 释义 | fructose (once / 41913 pages) n Fructose is a kind of sugar. You consume fructose every time you eat an apple or a bunch of grapes, or when you stir honey into your tea and take a sip. Fructose is also known as "fruit sugar" because it's present in most types of fruit. Chemically, fructose is a simple or hexose sugar, one with six carbon atoms in it, and it's absorbed directly into your bloodstream when you eat it. It's also one of the very sweetest sugars. The word dates from 1857, from the Latin fructus, or "fruit," and the suffix -ose, used in chemical names of sugars. WORD FAMILYfructose USAGE EXAMPLESIn one case, officers forced the company to buy fructose it didn’t need because they wanted to unload merchandise he suspected was ill-gotten. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) In particular, the ability to digest fructose in processed foods declines. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Agave has enjoyed a “health halo” for years, but this highly refined syrup contains even more fructose than high-fructose corn syrup, ironically. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) n a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits Syn|Hyper fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose ketohexose a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group |
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