喜樂美語
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    Cornstarch is the American name for the fine white powder made from that cooks use to soups, sauces, and some puddings. It is the same kitchen powder British English calls . You mix it with cold water first, then stir it into hot liquid; if you dump the dry powder straight into a hot pan it goes . It has almost no taste. Though actually, it is not (that is coarser, for bread and coatings), and it is not Taiwan’s 太白粉, which is usually potato starch. Both , but they come from different plants and do not behave in quite the same way in the pan.

    玉米澱粉（美式名稱；英式叫 cornflour。不是太白粉。）

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組成From corn + starch.

同家族的字

  • cornflourBritish name for the same powder
  • starchthe second piece: the stuff that makes a sauce thick
  • cornmealsame plant, much coarser, used differently

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cornstarchnoun

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    A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。