molasses
英 [mə'læsɪz]
美 [mə'læsɪz]
molasses 糖浆来自拉丁语mel,蜜，来自PIE*melit,蜂蜜，蜜，词源同caramel,mousse,mellifluous.引申词义糖浆。
- molasses
- molasses: [16] The etymological connections of molasses are with ‘honey’ rather than ‘sugar’. It comes via Portuguese melaço from late Latin mellāceum ‘fermenting grape juice, new wine’. This was a derivative of mel ‘honey’, source of English mellifluous [15] and related to mildew.
=> mellifluous, mildew - molasses (n.)
- 1580s, from Portuguese melaço, from Late Latin mellaceum "new wine," properly neuter of mellaceus "resembling honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis) "honey" (see Melissa). Adopted in English in plural form, but regarded as a singular noun.
- 1. Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
- 加入化开的黄油、糖浆、盐和面粉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He poured milk and molasses into a bowl.
- 他把牛奶和糖浆倒入一只碗内.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic.
- 糖蜜有些许通便作用，兼具强身功能。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Little children hurried by their sides , staggering under buckets of steaming molasses.
- 一个老头用手推车推着一袋面粉在一路挣扎着前进.
来自飘（部分）
- 5. Molasses is not an easy ingredient to mix into concentrated feeds.
- 糖蜜作为一种饲料成分与精料混合并不容易.
来自辞典例句
