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单词 rancid
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Definition of rancid in English:

rancid

adjective ˈransɪdˈrænsəd
  • 1(of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.

    (多脂食物)腐败变质的,腐臭的;酸败的

    rancid meat
    without preservatives, fat goes rancid
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The group charges that irradiation also deactivates the natural digestive enzymes found in raw food, and encourages fats to turn rancid.
    • When I returned I was laying in bed and couldn't sleep because of this rancid smell consuming the house.
    • He does not look like a man who enjoys the smell of onions sautéed in rancid oil first thing in the morning.
    • That is just as well, since it often induced an unpleasantly rancid truffle aroma and taste.
    • In order to maximize profits from their government contracts, food suppliers delivered partial shipments and rancid provisions.
    • The French fries were often undercooked, fruits and vegetables rotten, breads molding, and once or twice, the meat rancid.
    • Moreover, irradiation can destroy essential vitamins and nutrients that are naturally present in foods and can make food taste and smell rancid.
    • Rhodes was trying not to think of another day of rancid food, polluted water and waiting for buses that never came.
    • What plant may cure Alzheimer's disease, increase circulation, tastes like almonds and smells like rancid butter?
    • Unwholesome odors rolled out of the storefronts: rancid oil and mouldy cheese, and fish long absent from the sea.
    • Butyric acid is responsible not only for the smell of rancid butter, but also contributes to the odor of sweat.
    • He lifts it down and removes several pieces of the rancid, dried meat stored in it.
    • Heat-treated oils go rancid - in other words, they spoil - and rancid oils are carcinogenic.
    • Also, vegetable oils normally turn rancid when exposed to air and heat.
    • A rancid smell escaped from the now open doorway.
    • It was definitely not very much fun and there was that rancid smell.
    • When exposed to air for extended periods of time, fats become rancid and develop an unpleasant taste and odor.
    • As soon as they stepped in, a rancid smell filled the air.
    • What if the food is rancid and you're still stuck with a full plate?
    • If you don't know what it's supposed to smell like, it might smell a little like rancid butter.
    Synonyms
    sour, stale, turned, rank, putrid, foul, rotten, bad, off, old, tainted
    gamy, high, fetid, stinking, malodorous, foul-smelling, evil-smelling
    unpleasant, noxious, revolting, nasty, sickening, offensive
    literary noisome, mephitic
    rare miasmic, miasmal, olid
    1. 1.1 Highly unpleasant; repugnant.
      十分令人反感的;可憎的
      his columns are just rationales for every kind of rancid prejudice

      他的专栏文章只是在为各种令人极度反感的偏见作辩护。

      Synonyms
      unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavoury, uninviting, unappealing, off-putting, inedible, uneatable, bitter, sour

Derivatives

  • rancidity

  • noun ranˈsɪdɪti
    • A practical strategy to check for rancidity is to simply smell the fish oil.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Store any leftovers in a cool, dry place because the high oil content of the nuts can lead to rancidity.
      • Saturated fats are also more resistant to oxidation, which creates rancidity.
      • In order to minimize this rancidity, manufacturers will hydrogenate the oil.
      • Antioxidants added to the fat at the time of storage prevent the occurrence of rancidity.
  • rancidly

  • adverb
  • rancidness

  • noun ˈransɪdnəs
    • Imagine a pan of bacon grease left sitting out for a week or two, the house closed up, a mustiness already risen from the basement where clothes have mildewed, mixing with the greasy rancidness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The aroma compounds were correlated to potato flavour and rancidness.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin rancidus 'stinking'.

  • Latin rancidus which means ‘stinking’ is the source of rancid in English. The related rancor ‘rankness’ gives us rancour (Middle English).

Rhymes

unfancied

Definition of rancid in US English:

rancid

adjectiveˈrænsədˈransəd
  • (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.

    (多脂食物)腐败变质的,腐臭的;酸败的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The French fries were often undercooked, fruits and vegetables rotten, breads molding, and once or twice, the meat rancid.
    • The group charges that irradiation also deactivates the natural digestive enzymes found in raw food, and encourages fats to turn rancid.
    • Butyric acid is responsible not only for the smell of rancid butter, but also contributes to the odor of sweat.
    • What if the food is rancid and you're still stuck with a full plate?
    • Rhodes was trying not to think of another day of rancid food, polluted water and waiting for buses that never came.
    • It was definitely not very much fun and there was that rancid smell.
    • When I returned I was laying in bed and couldn't sleep because of this rancid smell consuming the house.
    • If you don't know what it's supposed to smell like, it might smell a little like rancid butter.
    • As soon as they stepped in, a rancid smell filled the air.
    • What plant may cure Alzheimer's disease, increase circulation, tastes like almonds and smells like rancid butter?
    • He does not look like a man who enjoys the smell of onions sautéed in rancid oil first thing in the morning.
    • He lifts it down and removes several pieces of the rancid, dried meat stored in it.
    • Heat-treated oils go rancid - in other words, they spoil - and rancid oils are carcinogenic.
    • When exposed to air for extended periods of time, fats become rancid and develop an unpleasant taste and odor.
    • Moreover, irradiation can destroy essential vitamins and nutrients that are naturally present in foods and can make food taste and smell rancid.
    • Unwholesome odors rolled out of the storefronts: rancid oil and mouldy cheese, and fish long absent from the sea.
    • A rancid smell escaped from the now open doorway.
    • That is just as well, since it often induced an unpleasantly rancid truffle aroma and taste.
    • In order to maximize profits from their government contracts, food suppliers delivered partial shipments and rancid provisions.
    • Also, vegetable oils normally turn rancid when exposed to air and heat.
    Synonyms
    sour, stale, turned, rank, putrid, foul, rotten, bad, off, old, tainted

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin rancidus ‘stinking’.

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