starch
starch
noun
[mass noun]
take the starch out of someone
starcher
noun
语源
noun
[mass noun]
- an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet
淀粉
■food containing this substance
含淀粉的食物
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■powder or spray made from this substance and used before ironing to stiffen fabric or clothing
（浆衣服用的）淀粉粉末；淀粉糊
■(figurative)stiffness of manner or character
(喻)（风格、性格上的）古板，刻板，拘谨
the starch in her voice.
她的声音生硬。
- [with obj.]stiffen (fabric or clothing) with starch
（用淀粉）给（衣服）上浆
[as adj. starched]his immaculately starched shirt.
他的纯白色的浆衬衣。
■(N. Amer. informal)(of a boxer) defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
(北美，非正式)（拳击手）击倒对手
take the starch out of someone
- (US)deflate or humiliate (someone)
(美)使泄气；羞辱
starcher
noun
语源
- Old English (recorded only in the past participle sterced 'stiffened'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterken, German stärken 'strengthen', also to stark
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