yeast

yeast
noun

[mass noun]a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide
酵母菌
Genus Saccharomyces, subdivision Ascomycotina
酵母属，子囊菌亚门
■a greyish-yellow preparation of this obtained chiefly from fermented beer, used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread dough, and as a food supplement
（主要取自发酵啤酒的）啤酒酵母，酵母片
■[count noun](Biology)any unicellular fungus that reproduces vegetatively by budding or fission, including forms such as candida that can cause disease
(生)假丝酵母属真菌

派生
yeast-like
adjective
语源

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gist and German Gischt 'froth, yeast', from an Indo-European root shared by Greek zein 'to boil'

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