释义 |
yeast/ji:st/n. 1 a greyish-yellow fungous substance obtained esp. from fermenting malt liquors and used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread, etc. 酵母,发酵粉 2 any of various unicellular fungi in which vegetative reproduction takes place by budding or fission 酵母(菌) □ yeastless adj.□ yeastlike adj.[Old English gist, giest (unrecorded): corresponding to Middle Dutch ghist, Middle High German jist, Old Norse jöstr] |