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yeast

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Cooking, Drink
yeast /jiːst/ noun [uncountable]  DFCDFDa type of fungus used for producing alcohol in beer and wine, and for making bread rise 酵母yeasty adjective a yeasty taste 发酵的味道
Examples from the Corpus
yeastWell, there are jokes about yeast infections, frostbite, liver transplants and cereal variety packs.A sweet tooth One of the most curious symptoms of candidiasis is a craving for sugary foods or for foods containing yeast.Producing appreciable quantities demands somewhat laborious and delicate manipulations of yeast.Another, newer type of yeast is gaining in popularity.Everything they needed was already in the cupboard: flour, sugar, shortening, yeast, and other ordinary ingredients.Assuming the same thing happens in the gut, then a vitamin deficiency might make the yeast convert to the hyphal form.The yeast must be pure, or the stars would be poisoned.Hybrigenics relies on a combination of souped-up yeast and powerful computing techniques to get the job done.
Origin yeast Old English gist
yeast nounChinese
a fungus of producing used alcohol type in for Corpus


yeast
yeast /jiːst/ noun [uncountable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: gist
a type of fungus used for producing alcohol in beer and wine, and for making bread rise
—yeasty adjective:
    a yeasty taste


yeastBrE /jiːst/ 🔊NAmE /jiːst/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] a fungus used in making beer and wine, or to make bread rise 酵母;酵母菌 yeasty BrE /ˈjiːsti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjiːsti/ 🔊 adjectivea yeasty smell发酵的气味