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sucrose

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, Biology, Chemistry
su·crose /ˈsuːkrəʊz, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuːkroʊz/ noun [uncountable]  technicalDF the most common form of sugar 蔗糖 fructose, lactose
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sucroseIn the presence of each they received an infusion of a sucrose solution.On hydrolysis, sucrose will yield 1 molecule of glucose and I molecule of fructose.Energy content of 100 grams of sucrose is 400 kilocalories.After ingestion of sucrose, breath hydrogen was measured at 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes.Remove large debris and disperse the cells in the sucrose by gently stirring with the needle.Control subjects experienced the critical cues but not the sucrose.They also tripled the concentration of the sucrose in the solution the eggs are exposed to during freezing.
Origin sucrose (1800-1900) French sucre sugar
su·crose nounChineseSyllable
most Corpus of the common sugar form


sucrose
sucrose /ˈsuːkrəʊz, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuːkroʊz/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: sucre 'sugar'
technical the most common form of sugar ⇨ fructose, lactose


su·croseBrE /ˈsuːkrəʊz/ 🔊, /ˈsuːkrəʊs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsuːkroʊs/ 🔊, /ˈsuːkroʊz/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (chemistry 化学) the form of sugar that is obtained from sugar cane and sugar beet 蔗糖