“酸奶”英语怎么说

名词解释：酸奶是以牛奶为原料，经过巴氏杀菌后再向牛奶中添加有益菌(发酵剂)，经发酵后，再冷却灌装的一种牛奶制品。目前市场上酸奶制品多以凝固型、搅拌型和添加各种果汁果酱等辅料的果味型为多。酸奶不但保留了牛奶的所有优点，而且某些方面经加工过程还扬长避短，成为更加适合于人类的营养保健品。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

Worried about the risk of developing diabetes? You might want to eat more yogurt. That's the takeaway from new research out of the University of Cambridge, which found that a significantly lower percentage of study subjects who ate yogurt at least four times a week developed diabetes than those who did not.

Yogurt contains calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, and fatty acids, all of which could bring us health benefits, according to the lead researcher Dr. Nita Forouhi. The fermentation process that turns milk into yogurt also produces probiotic bacteria and "specific types of vitamin K," that are known to be beneficial.

担心患上糖尿病吗?那就多喝一点酸奶吧。剑桥大学的一项全新研究结果发现，那些每周至少喝4次酸奶的受试者比那些不喝酸奶的受试者患上糖尿病的概率要明显低得多。

据该研究的首席研究员尼塔·法鲁茜说，酸奶中还有钙、镁、维生素D和脂肪酸，这些都能为我们的健康带来益处。把牛奶转变成酸奶的发酵过程还能产生益生菌和“特定类型的维生素K”——这些也已知是有益的。

【讲解】

文中的###yogurt就是“酸奶”的意思，在英式英语中拼写成yoghurt或yoghourt。这个词源于18世纪的土耳其语，相关的表达还有如natural yogurt(原味酸奶)、lemon yogurt(柠檬酸奶)、fat-free yogurt(脱脂酸奶)等，如果要表达“一盒酸奶”，可以说a carton of yogurt。

另外，最后一句中的fermentation是名词，意思是“发酵”，源于动词ferment(发酵、酿)。相关词汇还有yeast(酵母)。