zymurgy
英 ['zaɪmɜ:dʒɪ]
美 ['zaɪmɜdʒɪ]
"enzyme",n 酶(由有机体产生的蛋白质的一种有催化剂的作用)
【 记】zyme(n 酶)=leaven=yeast读:安在旭-中韩娱乐界的催化剂
【 参】zymurgy(n 酿造学);zymic(adj 发酵的;酵母的)
【 类】enzyme:catalyst=bacterium:microbe酶是一种催化剂=细菌是一种微生物"
zymurgy 酿造学来自希腊语zymo-,发酵,词源同juice,yeast,-urg,做功,工作,词源同work,synergy。引申词义酿酒,酿造。
- zymurgy (n.)
- branch of chemistry which deals with wine-making and brewing, 1868, from Greek zymo-, comb. form of zyme "a leaven" (from PIE root *yeue-; see juice) + -ourgia "a working," from ergon "work" (see organ).
The last word in many standard English dictionaries (and this one); but Century Dictionary ends with Zyxomma ("A genus of Indian dragon-flies") and in the OED [2nd ed.] the last word is zyxt, an obsolete Kentish form of the second person singular of see (v.).
At the dictionary's letter A
Mr. Brandt is young and gay
But when at last he reaches zed
He's in his wheelchair, nearly dead
[Einar Haugen]