anticaking(形容词):指防止粉末或颗粒状物质结块、变硬或粘连成块的;常用于食品、盐、奶粉、香料、化工粉体等领域(如 anticaking agent:抗结剂/防结块剂)。
/ˌæntiˈkeɪkɪŋ/
Table salt often contains an anticaking agent to keep it free-flowing.
食盐里常含有抗结剂,使其保持松散、易倒出。
Because the powder absorbs moisture easily, manufacturers add anticaking additives and use moisture-barrier packaging to prevent clumping during shipping and storage.
由于这种粉末很容易吸湿,制造商会加入防结块添加剂,并采用防潮包装,以避免在运输和储存过程中结块。
由 **anti-**(“反、抗”)+ caking(来自 cake 的动词用法,意为“结成块、结硬”)构成,字面意思就是“用来对抗结块的”。该词多见于食品科学与工业材料语境。