sucrose

/ˈsuːkrəʊz/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈukros] /ˈsuːkrəʊs/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈukros] /ˈsü-ˌkrōs How to pronounce sucrose (audio) -ˌkrōz/ (ame, mw)

sucrose — noun

1. the standard sugar used in food and drink, found naturally in plants and produce

1.名詞C1
釋義

the standard sugar used in food and drink, found naturally in plants and produced commercially from cane and beet crops

例句

The label says this yogurt is sweetened with sucrose, not honey.

ingredient-label pattern: sweetened with sucrose

In chemistry class, Jabari learned that sucrose breaks into glucose and fructose.

science pattern: sucrose breaks into glucose and fructose

同義詞
  • table sugar

    the everyday name for sucrose when referring to the common sugar used in kitchens

  • sugar

    a broader everyday term that can refer to sucrose or to sugars in general, depending on context

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when you mean the substance itself. In everyday English, people normally say 'sugar' or 'table sugar'; 'sucrose' is more common in science, nutrition, and ingredient-label contexts.

常見錯誤

❌There are many sucroses in fruit.
✅There is sucrose in many fruits.
💡'sucrose' is usually uncountable when you mean the substance itself.