英语词汇“milk and molasses”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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milk and molasses

milk and molasses n. U.S. Obsolete (designating) a colour between white and dark brown; (hence attributive) of mixed racial ancestry; also figurative.

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1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. vii. 96 The people of this country..are of two colors, black and white..or half-and-half sometimes at the south, where they are called milk-and-molasses.

1868 N.Y. Herald 2 July 5/1 Then it will be of a purer color than the platform of the radicals, which is of milk and molasses hue.

1872 Galaxy Mar. 299 See that stiff-looking chap, with a long yellow moustache talking to that milk-and-molasses gal over there by the piano?

extracted from milkn.¹adj.

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单词	milk and molasses
释义	> as lemmas milk and molasses milk and molasses n. U.S. Obsolete (designating) a colour between white and dark brown; (hence attributive) of mixed racial ancestry; also figurative. ΚΠ 1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. vii. 96 The people of this country..are of two colors, black and white..or half-and-half sometimes at the south, where they are called milk-and-molasses. 1868 N.Y. Herald 2 July 5/1 Then it will be of a purer color than the platform of the radicals, which is of milk and molasses hue. 1872 Galaxy Mar. 299 See that stiff-looking chap, with a long yellow moustache talking to that milk-and-molasses gal over there by the piano? extracted from milkn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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