starchy
adjective
uk/ˈstɑː.tʃi/us/ˈstɑːr.tʃi/starchyadjective(FORMAL)
informaldisapproving
behavingin aformalway and withouthumour:
刻板的,拘谨的Museums aretryingtoshakeofftheirstarchyimage.博物馆正努力摆脱其或多或少有点刻板的形象。
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matteridiom
 - beyond
 - beyond a jokeidiom
 - earnestly
 - earnestness
 - intense
 - joke
 - lightly
 - mirthlessly
 - overearnest
 - po-faced
 - poker-faced
 - soberly
 - solemnity
 - sombreness
 - turgid
 - turgidity
 - turgidly
 - ultra-serious
 - unamusing
 
starchyadjective(FOOD)
containinga lot ofstarch:
淀粉的starchyfoods含淀粉的食物
Various qualities of food
- candy coat
 - candy-coated
 - citric
 - cordon bleu
 - creaminess
 - diabetic
 - farmhouse
 - fruity
 - halal
 - herby
 - homegrown
 - homemade
 - hoppy
 - nutritious
 - ripe
 - salted
 - sharpness
 - single-estate
 - store-bought
 - sugar-coated