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starch
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Derivatives :
adj
starchless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- starch
[stɒːtʃ]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(in food) 淀粉
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2.
noun
[u]
(for stiffening clothes) 淀粉浆
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- starch
[stɑːrʧ]
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1.
n.[c/u]
淀粉
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2.
n.[u]
淀粉浆
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3.
n.[c]
[Plural]
淀粉类食物
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4.
vt.
给（衣料等）上浆
Collins English-English Dictionary
- starch
[stɒːtʃ]
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n
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
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2.
n
a polysaccharide composed of glucose units that occurs widely in plant tissues in the form of storage granules, consisting of amylose and amylopectin
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3.
n
any food containing a large amount of starch, such as rice and potatoes
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4.
n
stiff or pompous formality of manner or conduct
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to stiffen with or soak in starch
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6.
adj
(of a person) formal; stiff
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7.
adj
[Etymology]
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
Examples
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Possess her once take the starch out of her.
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一旦占有了她，就能够使她服贴就范。
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Hot water will geLatinize starch.
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热水将使淀粉变成胶状物。
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浆衣服
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starch clothes
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她做黄瓜虾仁这道菜时，喜欢用一点土豆过滤的粉芡。
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She often adds some potato starch paste when cooking cucumber with shrimp.
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我特喜欢吃干粉炖土豆。
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I really enjoy eating potatoes stewed with noodles made from bean or sweat potato starch.
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这家餐厅的麻豆腐做得很出色。
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The cooking starch residue in this restaurant is splendid.
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街口有一家专卖小肚儿的小卖店。
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There is a delicatessen selling items made of pigs' bladder stuffed with pork and corn starch around the corner of the street.
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