starch
/stɑ:tʃ; stɑrtʃ/ n[U]
1
(a) white tasteless carbohydrate food substance found in potatoes, flour, rice, etc 淀粉.
(b) food containing this 含淀粉的食物
You eat too much starch. 你吃的含淀粉的食物太多了.
2 this substance prepared in powder or other forms and used for stiffening cotton clothes, etc 粉浆
Spray starch on the shirt collars before ironing them. 熨衬衫领要先喷些粉浆再熨. starch, v [Tn]
stiffen (clothes, etc) with starch 浆（衣服等）
starched white uniforms 浆过的白制服.