Yeast
[jiːst] or [jist]
解释:
(noun.) any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division.
(noun.) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.
校对:尼古拉斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
(n.) Spume, or foam, of water.
(n.) A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Barm, ferment, EMPTYINGS.
整理:肯尼思
解释:
n. the froth of malt liquors in fermentation: the vegetable growth to which fermentation is due of value in brewing baking &c.: (Shak.) spume or foam of water.—v.i. to ferment.—ns. Yeast′iness the state of being yeasty or frothy; Yeast′-plant a small plant causing alcoholic fermentation in saccharine liquids; Yeast′-pow′der a baking powder.—adj. Yeast′y like yeast: frothy foamy: unsubstantial.
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例句:
- He thinks it is like bran, raised with sour yeast. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Get along with you, my woman,' he added in her ear, 'get along with you, while you know you're Affery, and before you're shaken to yeast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- The tiny yeast plants multiply and continue to make alcohol and gas, and in consequence, the dough becomes lighter and lighter. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Shortly after the discovery of yeast in the nineteenth century, man commenced his attempt to cultivate the tiny organisms. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Then, too, most people prefer the taste of yeast-raised bread. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Wild yeast settles on the skin of grapes and apples, but since it does not have access to the fruit juices within, it remains inactive very much as a seed does before it is planted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Whether he first used yeast to make his bread light or to ferment his drink we do not know. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was able to tell the English brewers the defects in their output by a microscopic examination of their yeast. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Seeds which remain on our shelves do not germinate, but those which are planted in the soil do; so it is with the yeast plants. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- All agreed that it was the yeast plant that fermented or broke up the sugar element, and produced the alcohol. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Must kept still for transport can at any time be set into fermentation by a slight addition of carbonate of soda and fresh yeast. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- If they had no yeast, then they had no fermented drink. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Upon this the tiny yeast plants in the dough feed, and, as in the case of the wines, ferment the sugar, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- But when the fruit is crushed, the yeast plants get into the juice, and feeding on it, grow and multiply. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- When our remote ancestors saved a pinch of dough as leaven for the next baking, they were actually cultivating yeast, although they did not know it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
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