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a white carbohydrate food substance found in potatoes, flour, rice, etc.; food containing this Topics Biologyc2淀粉;含淀粉的食物 - [uncountable]
starch prepared in powder form or as a spray and used for making clothes, sheets, etc. stiff (浆衣服、床单等用的)淀粉浆 Spray starch on the shirt collars before ironing them. 熨衬衫领要先喷些粉浆再熨。
Word OriginOld English (recorded only in the past participle sterced ‘stiffened’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterken, German stärken ‘strengthen’, also to stark.