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nutrient-dense

/noo-tree-uhnt-dens/US // ˈnu tri əntˌdɛns //

营养丰富的,营养丰富,营养密集型,营养密集型的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : relatively rich in nutrients for the number of calories contained: A potato is a nutrient-dense carbohydrate.

Examples

  • He had a special knife designed to cut the dense loaf, and a ceremony to precede cutting the cake.

  • The narrowest piece of land was at Panama, but it was covered in dense, mountainous jungle.

  • For those in the dense forests, beaches, and towns of West Africa, it is a real threat.

  • These days they are occasional meteorological irruptions, white river mists, not dense and toxic industrial pea-soupers.

  • In the dense atmosphere of tobacco and conspiracy, one hot topic has been the death penalty.

  • No trail was so obtuse, no thicket so dense that members of that regiment would not track them to their lair.

  • The road on which the Federals were marching was narrow and on each side lined with dense underbrush.

  • The advance had to be carefully made, for the country was rough, wooded, and covered with a dense undergrowth of bushes.

  • Not having completed the loading of his gun, Tom hastily rode behind a dense bush, and concealed himself as well as he could.

  • Tom jumped behind a bush, and as they passed tried to fire, but the foliage was so dense that he failed to get a good aim.