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gelatin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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gel·a·tin, gelatine /ˈdʒelətɪn $ -tn/ noun  [uncountable]DFF a clear substance obtained from boiled animal bones, used for making jelly 明胶,骨胶
Examples from the Corpus
gelatinThere is a constraint as thick as gelatin in the air between us.Dissolve gelatin in cold water and add to soup mixture.Equally horrible was napalm, which melts its victims into a kind of gelatin.Warm it up, add four sachets of gelatin and stir until it's all dissolved.Papermakers use a variety of synthetic resin, starch and organic gelatin sizes in the manufacture of watercolour papers.Stir constantly for 10 min in order to dissolve the gelatin.Place the bowl in a pan of simmering water, and stir until the gelatin has dissolved.
Origin gelatin (1800-1900) French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from gelare to freeze
gel·a·tin nounChineseSyllable
from a Corpus substance boiled obtained clear


gelatin
gelatin , gel‧a‧tine /ˈdʒelətən, ˈdʒelətɪn $ -tn/ noun
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from gelare 'to freeze'
[uncountable] a clear substance obtained from boiled animal bones, used for making jelly


gel·atinBrE /ˈdʒelətɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒelətɪn/ 🔊 (also gel·atine BrE /ˈdʒelətiːn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒelətiːn/ 🔊) noun [uncountable] a clear substance without any taste that is made from boiling animal bones and is used to make jelly, film for cameras, etc. 明胶