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sucrose
蔗糖
a common sweet sugar made of glucose and fructose, found in many plants
- 1.
A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
一种二糖,分子式为C12H22O11,由葡萄糖和果糖两种单糖组成；普通食用糖。
- 2.
a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
一种复杂的碳水化合物,存在于许多植物中,用作甜味剂
一种二糖,分子式为C12H22O11,由葡萄糖和果糖两种单糖组成；普通食用糖。；一种复杂的碳水化合物,存在于许多植物中,用作甜味剂；蔗糖；[化] 蔗二糖(即蔗糖)
In use
Most table sugar is sucrose, which comes from sugar cane or sugar beets.
The nutrition label lists sucrose as the main ingredient in this candy.
When heated, sucrose breaks down into glucose and fructose.
consist of sth
表示“由……组成”时，用主动语态，主语为蔗糖。
Sucrose consists of glucose and fructose.
蔗糖由葡萄糖和果糖组成。
be found in sth
表达存在或分布时，常用被动语态后接 in。
Sucrose is found in many plants.
蔗糖存在于许多植物中。
be used as sth
表达用途时，be used as 后接名词。
Sucrose is used as a sweetening agent.
Connections
Collocations
- sucrose content
- 蔗糖含量
- The sucrose content of the fruit increases as it ripens.水果的蔗糖含量会随着成熟而增加。
- sucrose solution
- 蔗糖溶液
- Dissolve the sucrose in warm water to make a sucrose solution.将蔗糖溶解在温水中制成蔗糖溶液。
- sucrose intake
- 蔗糖摄入量
- A high sucrose intake is linked to tooth decay and obesity.高蔗糖摄入量与蛀牙和肥胖有关。
- sucrose metabolism
- 蔗糖代谢
- The study focused on sucrose metabolism in plants.这项研究关注植物中的蔗糖代谢。
- refined sucrose
- 精制蔗糖
- Refined sucrose is commonly used to sweeten processed foods.精制蔗糖常用于给加工食品增甜。
- sucrose molecules
Learner notes
Memory Tip
蔗糖 sucrose：'su'读如'酥'，想象白砂糖又甜又酥（细碎），就是日常蔗糖。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：chemistry、food science、nutrition sucrose 是蔗糖的科学/技术名称，通常用于化学、食品科学或营养学等专业语境；日常口语中说 sugar 更常见。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，通常无复数形式
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the same final sound /oʊs/ as sucrose include glucose, fructose, dose, close (adjective), and gross (spelled -oss). Rose and close (verb) end in /oʊz/, so they look similar but do not share that final sound.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.