yam 英 [jæm]   美 [jæm]

yam

yam  英 [jæm] 美 [jæm]

n. 山药 甘薯 白薯 

名词复数:yams 

While some foods are rich in tryptophan, others, such as yam — a popular staple in Africa — are tryptophan-deficient. 尽管一些食物富含色氨酸,其他一些食物,诸如甘薯(非洲的一种常见的主食)缺乏色氨酸。
And we went into the poisonous giant tubers, like the yam and the taro, which also had to be leeched, ground up and cooked before we could eat them. 我们也寻找到了那些带有毒性的、个头颇大的块茎,像山药、芋头,这些在食用之前得经过榨取、提炼和烹饪。

  • A yam is a starchy vegetable that grows underground. Yams are similar to potatoes — they can be baked, boiled, mashed, grated, or cut into chunks.
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  • n. 山药 甘薯 白薯
  • 1. While some foods are rich in tryptophan, others, such as yam — a popular staple in Africa — are tryptophan-deficient.

    尽管一些食物富含色氨酸,其他一些食物,诸如甘薯(非洲的一种常见的主食)缺乏色氨酸。

  • 2. And we went into the poisonous giant tubers, like the yam and the taro, which also had to be leeched, ground up and cooked before we could eat them.

    我们也寻找到了那些带有毒性的、个头颇大的块茎,像山药、芋头,这些在食用之前得经过榨取、提炼和烹饪。

  • 3. In West Africa, important crops such as wheat, potato, sorghum and soya will lose out, while more robust crops such as white yam, sugar cane and plantain will benefit from the higher temperatures.

    在西非,诸如小麦、土豆、高粱和大豆等重要农作物将在竞争中失败,而更有耐受力的作物,诸如白薯、甘蔗和大蕉将从更高的温度受益。

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