starch
noun /stɑːtʃ/
/stɑːrtʃ/
- [uncountable, countable] a white carbohydrate food substance found in potatoes, flour, rice, etc.; food containing this
淀粉；含淀粉的食物 - There's too much starch in your diet.
你的日常饮食中淀粉含量太高。 - You need to cut down on starches.
你得少吃些含淀粉的东西。
- There's too much starch in your diet.
- [uncountable] starch prepared in powder form or as a spray and used for making clothes, sheets, etc. stiff
（浆衣服、床单等用的）淀粉浆 - Spray starch on the shirt collars before ironing them.
熨衬衫领要先喷些粉浆再熨。
- Spray starch on the shirt collars before ironing them.
词源Old English (recorded only in the past participle sterced ‘stiffened’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterken, German stärken ‘strengthen’, also to stark.