a substance that is produced by all living things and that helps a chemical change happen or happen more quickly, without being changed itself 酶 Enzymes are essential to the body’s functioning. 酶对身体的功能至关重要。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnzyme is used before these nouns:- deficiency
- liver
Word Originlate 19th cent.: coined in German from modern Greek enzumos ‘leavened’, from en- ‘within’ + Greek zumē ‘leaven’.