yeast
/jiːst/noun
mass noun
1- a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide酵母菌。
1.1
- Genus Saccharomyces, subdivision Ascomycotina.酵母属, 子囊菌亚门。
1.2
- a greyish-yellow preparation of this obtained chiefly from fermented beer, used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread dough, and as a food supplement（主要取自发酵啤酒的）啤酒酵母, 酵母。
1.3
- count noun Biology any unicellular fungus that reproduces vegetatively by budding or fission, including forms such as candida that can cause disease【生】假丝酵母属真菌。
派生词
yeast-like
adjective词源
Old English， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gist and German Gischt 'froth， yeast'， from an Indo-European root shared by Greek zein 'to boil'.