| Title | Carbohydrate |
|---|---|
| Text | Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary English Etymology carbohydrate 1869, from carbo- "carbon" + hydrate, denoting compound produced when certain substances combine with water. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English carbohydrate 1 substance in food VERB + CARBOHYDRATE be rich/high in, contain Cashew nuts are rich in carbohydrate. CARBOHYDRATE + NOUN content | diet a high carbohydrate diet PHRASES a source of carbohydrate 2 food ADJ. simple | complex complex carbohydrates such as pasta | refined | unrefined Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 carbohydrate carbo·hy·drate / 7kB:bEu5haidreit; NAmE 7kB:rbou- / noun1. [C, U] a substance such as sugar or starch that consists of carbon , hydrogen and oxygen . Carbohydrates in food provide the body with energy and heat.碳水化合物；糖类 2. carbohydrates [pl.] foods such as bread, potatoes and rice that contain a lot of carbohydrate 含碳水化合物的食物；淀粉质食物 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: complex carbohydrate car·bo·hy·drate \ˌkärbōˈhīˌdrāt, -bə-, -_drə̇t\ noun (-s) Etymology: carb- + hydrate; from the former classification of such compounds as hydrates of carbon : any of a group of neutral compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen including the sugars, starches, dextrans, glycogens, celluloses, and pentosans some of which are formed by all green plants and used immediately for growth or stored for future use and which as a whole constitute a major class of animal foods characterized chemically as hydroxy aldehydes, hydroxy ketones, or compounds hydrolyzing to hydroxy aldehydes or ketones and classified into monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, and polysaccharides on the basis of the number of aldehyde or ketone groups present in one molecule |
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