pepsin
pepsin — 名詞
1. a natural chemical made in your stomach that cuts the proteins you eat into shor
胃蛋白酶
胃中分解蛋白質的消化酵素
a natural chemical made in your stomach that cuts the proteins you eat into shorter chains, helping your body break down food
Naoko learned that pepsin works best in the acidic environment of the stomach.
Naoko 學到胃蛋白酶在胃的酸性環境中運作效果最好。
pepsin + works best + acidic environment
The doctor explained how pepsin breaks down egg protein into smaller pieces.
醫生解釋胃蛋白酶如何將雞蛋蛋白質分解成較小的片段。
pepsin breaks down [specific food protein]
Without enough pepsin, the Watanabe family found it hard to digest meat.
由於胃蛋白酶不足，Watanabe 一家人發現很難消化肉類。
Kabir read that pepsin needs a strongly acidic setting to work properly.
Kabir 讀到胃蛋白酶需要強酸性環境才能正常作用。
Students in biology class watched pepsin turn solid egg white into liquid.
學生在生物課上觀察到胃蛋白酶把固體蛋白變成液體。
- protease
a broader category; pepsin is one specific type of protease that works in the stomach
- gastric enzyme
a more general term for any enzyme produced in the stomach
用法筆記
Pepsin is usually treated as an uncountable noun in general use (e.g., 'Pepsin helps digest protein'). In technical writing it may appear as a countable noun when referring to different types.