late 14c., from Old English *stercan (Mercian), *stiercan (West Saxon) "make rigid," found in stercedferhð "fixed, hard, resolute" (related to stearc "stiff"), from Proto-Germanic *starkijan "to make hard" (cognates: German Stärke "strength, starch," Swedish stärka "to starch"), from PIE root *ster- (1) "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see stark). Related: Starched; starching.
starch (n.)
"pasty substance used to stiffen cloth," mid-15c., back-formation from starch (v.). Figurative sense of "stiffness of manner" is recorded from 1705.
中文解释
1. *ster- / *star- "stiff, rigid" => stare.2. => look fixedly at, look at sb / sth stiffly or rigidly.3. *ster- / *star- "stiff, rigid" => developed figurative sense "sterile, barren".4. *ster- / *star- => stark.5. => complete, absolutely; sterile, barren; stiff, rigid.6. stark => starch (k -> ch).7. => pasty substance used to stiffen cloth. => 浆粉，淀粉。
实用例句
1. There's too much starch in your diet.
你的日常饮食中淀粉含量太高。
来自《权威词典》
2. Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.
玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Starch - binding domains ( SBD ) are present in lots of amylases, e.
很多淀粉酶中都具有淀粉结合区域 ( starch-bindingdomain,SBD ), 如!
来自互联网
4. She reorganised her eating so that she was taking more fruit and vegetables and less starch, salt, and fat.
她重新调整了自己的饮食，多吃水果、蔬菜，少吃淀粉、盐和脂肪。
来自柯林斯例句
5. It's important to rinse the rice to remove the starch.