glucose

glucose — noun

1. a simple sugar that living things use as their main source of energy; it occurs

1.名詞B2
釋義

a simple sugar that living things use as their main source of energy; it occurs naturally in fruits and other plants.

例句

Diya learned in biology class that glucose gives energy to every cell in the body.

glucose gives energy to every cell — subject + verb + indirect object

The doctor told Mr. Karim to check his blood glucose levels after meals.

collocation: blood glucose level

同義詞
  • dextrose

    the same chemical substance, used mainly in medical and food-industry contexts

  • sugar

    a broader, everyday term; glucose is one specific type of sugar

用法筆記

Glucose is an uncountable noun and does not have a plural form. It commonly appears as a modifier in compound medical terms such as blood glucose level and glucose tolerance test.

常見錯誤

The doctor checked my glucoses.
The doctor checked my glucose level.
💡Glucose is uncountable and cannot take a plural -s ending.