英语词汇“starchedness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

starch /stärch/

noun

The principal reserve food material stored in plants, chemically a carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)_x (also called amylum), used in laundry as a stiffener

Stiffness, formality

adjective

Made of starch

Stiff, rigid, formal

transitive verb

To stiffen or stick with starch

ORIGIN: OE stercan to stiffen, inferred from stercedferhth stiff-spirited; cf Ger Stärke strength, vigour, starch, and stark

starched adjective

starchedly /stärchtˈli or stärˈchid-li/ adverb

starchedness /stärchtˈnis or stärˈchid-nis/ noun

starchˈer noun

starchˈily adverb

starchˈiness noun

starchˈy adjective

starch blocker noun

A slimming aid which is thought to prevent the body from digesting starch

starchˈ-grain noun

A rounded or irregular mass of starch in the plastids of plants

starch gum noun

Dextrin

starch hyacinth noun

The grape hyacinth, from its smell

starch paper noun

A test paper for iodine, coated with starch and potassium iodide

starchˈ-reduced adjective

(of bread, etc for the use of slimmers) containing less than the usual amount of starch