| 釋義 |
starch /stanj; start/ n [U] 1 white, tasteless, carbohydrate food substance, plentiful in potatoes, grain, etc. 淀粉。 2 this substance prepared in powdered form and used for stiffening cotton clothes, etc; (fig) stiffness of manner; formality. (漿硬棉布等用的) 漿粉; (喻) 拘謹; 古板; 生硬。 [VP6A] make, eg shirt collars, stiff with ~: 漿 (襯衫領(lǐng)等)： (fig, in pp) (喻，用過去分詞) a ~ed manner. 古板的態(tài)度 c ~ y adj of or like ~; containing ~: 滅粉的; 似淀粉的; 含淀粉的： ~y foods. 含淀粉的食物。 |