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yeast

/yeest/US // yist //UK // (jiːst) //

酵母,酵母菌,酵素,酴醾

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
    • : any of several yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces, used in brewing alcoholic beverages, as a leaven in baking breads, and in pharmacology as a source of vitamins and proteins.Compare bottom yeast, brewer's yeast, top yeast.
    • : spume; foam.
    • : ferment; agitation.
    • : something that causes ferment or agitation.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to ferment.
    • : to be covered with froth.

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Examples

  • The compounds release volatile aromatics as yeast enzymes break bonds even after the bottle is capped.

  • People have understood the importance of yeast in wine fermentation for at least two centuries.

  • A later, more comprehensive analysis of yeast genomes showed that gene loss is pervasive throughout the yeast phylum.

  • In fact, she says, yeasts have lost a variety of genes involved in diverse metabolic pathways and reacquired them from multiple bacteria.

  • These findings suggested that the yeasts independently evolved their unicellular way of life from a multicellular ancestor.

  • The malted barley, yeast, and water are cooked, fermented, and distilled exactly the same.

  • They are vinous, herbaceous, and reminiscent of sourdough yeast starter.

  • During fermentation after about 15 percent alcohol, yeast starts producing histamines.

  • Another cure is Kvass, a slightly alcoholic beverage made by soaking dried rye bread with sugar and yeast.

  • To make the dough, combine the flour, yeast, salt and sugar in a large bowl.

  • Yeast-cells are smooth, colorless, highly refractive, spheric or ovoid cells.

  • Its disadvantage is that it introduces, with the bread, a variable amount of lactic acid and numerous yeast-cells.

  • The microscope commonly shows sarcin, bacteria, and great numbers of yeast-cells.

  • Dinner was over; the boys rushed into the playground; neither the yeast dumplings nor the salt beef stuck in their throats.

  • "Yeast that ferments is always sour, my child," replied the baker, reclining his head pensively.