starched

[US]/stɑːtʃt/
[UK]/stɑrtʃt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 漿硬的,硬挺的,拘泥刻板的
Word Forms
過去式starched
過去分詞starched

Phrases & Collocations

starched clothes

漿硬的衣服

starched collar

漿硬的衣領

Example Sentences

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不久前她還是個皮包骨頭的黑小妞,穿着簡單的短裙,扎着呆板的髮辮,如今儼然一派保姆的模樣,穿着印花布的連衣長裙,戴着漿洗得硬挺的雪白頭巾。

"Have I then sold myself," thought the minister, "to the fiend whom, if men say true, this yellow-starched and velveted old hag has chosen for her prince and master?"

“這樣看來,我是不是已經把自己出賣給那個惡魔啦?”牧師思忖着,“如果人們所說屬實,這個漿着黃領、穿着絨袍的老妖婆,早就選了那惡魔作她的王子和主人啦

a starched white shirt

一件漿硬的白襯衫

Real-world Examples

Because the aromatic flowers contain enzymes that can chew up starch.

因爲這種芳香的花含有可以消耗澱粉的酶。

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2019 Collection

You're converting all the starches into fermentable sugar.

你把所有的澱粉都轉化成發酵性糖。

Source: Gourmet Base

That stuff is the starch of the kernel.

這種物質是核中的澱粉。

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

It'll take the starch out of those straight lines.

也可以抖掉那些直線上的僵硬粉漿。

Source: Flowers for Algernon

It's really about releasing the starch.

這個步驟是要釋放澱粉。

Source: Connection Magazine

Maize was the dominant starch, present in 69 percent of the ancient samples.

發現玉米是澱粉的主要成分,佔化石樣本的69%。

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening March 2013 Collection

Sheldon, doesn't Amy look hot? That's got to put some starch in the upper flermin.

謝爾頓,艾米不漂亮嗎?是不是讓你的" 上殖器" 都活躍起來啦。

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

Corn starch is an important article of commerce.

玉米澱粉是一種重要的商品。

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

But if you overmash, you can break up the starch and end up with potato glue.

但如果搗的太爛,就會破壞澱粉結構,變成馬鈴薯漿糊。

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

It looks like a... A steamed starch.

它看起來像一種… … 蒸澱粉。

Source: Gourmet Base

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