carbohydrate

名词 n.
/kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/    /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/|/kɑɹbəˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
    — These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
  2. Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. broadly,colloquial,metonymically
    — I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.

词形变化

carbohydrates plural

词源

From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.
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