Starch

(noun.) a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.

(noun.) a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles.

(verb.) stiffen with starch; 'starch clothes'.

录入:卡利

• Two-fifths part of dextrine (or the same quantity of gelatine) may be substituted for the 2 parts of starch. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Take one table-spoonful of starch, dissolve it in cold water, and when the boiled starch gets lukewarm pour it over it, stir well, and strain. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Be careful that the starch is rubbed in until the right side is wet all over. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Broadly speaking, plants furnish the carbohydrates, that is, starch and sugar; animals furnish the fats and proteids. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The quantity of the starch or dextrine or gelatine may be changed according as the tissues are to be more or less stiff. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I felt bad but did not fret I bear my troubles well but I do wish Hannah would put more starch in my aprons and have buckwheats every day. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The cloth is dipped into a body of starch, or the same is applied by hand, and then the superfluous starch squeezed out as the clothes are passed through the rollers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Only you can't do much in a starched shirt. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She listened, watching, hoping no one would hear the starched linen crackle. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• You've kept close to that starched-up Englishwoman all day, and now you snub me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I must differ in opinion with you, Lord Hertford, said he, in his starched pragmatical manner. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• While the maid was busy crimping or starching, I took an Italian iron from the fire, and applied the light scarlet glowing tip to my arm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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