starch

a complex carbohydrate found in plants such as corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; used as food and to stiffen cloth or paper

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.

   广泛存在于植物种子、鳞茎和块茎中的物质,提取后为白色闪亮的颗粒或粉末,无味无臭,手指搓捻发出特殊嘎吱声。用作食品、制葡萄糖、浆洗衣服和制糊等。

2. 2.

   a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

   一种复杂的碳水化合物,主要存在于植物的种子、水果、块茎、根和茎髓中,尤其是玉米、土豆、小麦和大米中；是一种重要的食物,并广泛用于粘合剂、填料和纺织品的硬化剂

3. 3.

   Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

   碳水化合物,如谷物和土豆类食物中的。

4. 4.

   a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

   用于洗涤中使纺织品变硬的商业淀粉制剂

5. 5.

   A stiff, formal manner; formality.

   生硬拘谨的态度；拘礼。

6. 6.

   Fortitude.

   坚毅；刚毅。

7. 7.

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

   各种类似淀粉的衣物浆洗剂。

广泛存在于植物种子、鳞茎和块茎中的物质,提取后为白色闪亮的颗粒或粉末,无味无臭,手指搓捻发出特殊嘎吱声。用作食品、制葡萄糖、浆洗衣服和制糊等。；一种复杂的碳水化合物,主要存在于植物的种子、水果、块茎、根和茎髓中,尤其是玉米、土豆、小麦和大米中；是一种重要的食物,并广泛用于粘合剂、填料和纺织品的硬化剂；碳水化合物,如谷物和土豆类食物中的。；用于洗涤中使纺织品变硬的商业淀粉制剂；生硬拘谨的态度；拘礼。

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