starchy

英 [ˈstɑːtʃi]

美 [ˈstɑːrtʃi]

adj.  富含淀粉的; 拘束的; 古板的; 拘泥的

GREIELTS

BNC.33244 / COCA.22229

牛津词典

adj.

• 富含淀粉的
  containing a lot of starch
• 拘束的；古板的；拘泥的
  very formal; not friendly or relaxed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 淀粉含量高的
  Starchyfoods contain a lot of starch.
  1. ...starchy and sticky glutinous rices.
     含大量淀粉、黏性大的糯米

英英释义

adj

• rigidly formal
  1. a starchy manner
  2. the letter was stiff and formal
  3. his prose has a buckram quality
  Synonym:stiffbuckram
• consisting of or containing starch
  1. starchy foods

双语例句

• A heavy filling and often starchy food.
  难消化的带馅食物，通常含淀粉。
• Grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet.
  淀粉谷粒用作食物的草；小麦；水稻；黑麦；燕麦；玉米；荞麦；小米。
• But sweet potatoes, parsnips, swedes and turnips do count as five-a-day foods, as they are usually eaten as well as the starchy bit of the meal.
  但是，甜土豆，萝卜，瑞典甘蓝和芜菁作物算是三份蔬菜及两份水果中包含的食品，因为它们通常作为餐位食用淀粉。
• A generation of children is at risk of fatty liver disease because they eat too many starchy foods, new research suggests.
  新的研究表明，由于食用过多的淀粉类食物，小孩子很容易患脂肪肝类疾病。
• Malnutrition, so often caused by sheer poverty, can be ameliorated with nutritious easy-to-grow vegetables to augment the starchy local diet.
  常常由极端贫穷造成的营养不良可以通过在当地多淀粉的膳食中增加富有营养、易于种植的蔬菜予以改善。
• It is a staple crop cultivated for its large, starchy, spherical tubers, which, though poisonous raw, become edible with heating.
  是主要农作物之一，其地下块茎大，圆球形，富含淀粉。生食有毒，但煮熟后可以食用。
• A state-owned grain and oils conglomerate will launch a pilot project later this year to process cassava – a starchy tuber that is not considered a food in China – into ethanol.
  一家国有粮油联合企业今年将进行一项项目试点&用木薯产乙醇。木薯在中国不是粮食。
• Liquid biofuels include biodiesel derived from plant oils and bioethanol made from sugarcane, maize and other starchy crops.
  液态生物燃料包括从植物油中提炼的生物柴油以及用甘蔗、玉米或其他淀粉作物加工出的生物酒精。
• Thiamine changes starchy foods into energy.
  硫胺将淀粉类食物转变为能量。
• Starchy vegetables include potatoes, corn and peas.
  淀粉类蔬菜包括土豆、玉米和豌豆。