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

Molasses is a gloppy, thick syrup made from sugar. If you are slow as molasses, then you should probably drop out of the track team.

The process of producing sugar from sugar cane involves several stages of boiling, and the syrup that results from this becomes molasses. The very darkest, thickest kind of molasses is called "blackstrap," which is more bitter than other molasses, but also contains all kinds of vitamins and minerals and is used by some people as a dietary supplement. The word molasses comes from the Latin mellaceus, "like honey."

WORD FAMILY

molasses

USAGE EXAMPLES

Some English cooks were using sugar instead of honey by the end of the 16th century and molasses by the mid-17th century.

Time(Dec 22, 2016)

Sticky, sweet-sour date molasses is available from most large supermarkets and any Middle Eastern grocer.

The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016)

A heavyset 50-year-old with no weapons, running as if through molasses, is hardly a clear and present danger to society.

Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016)

n thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining

Hyper

sirup, syrup

a thick sweet sticky liquid

单词	molasses
释义	molasses (once / 1814 pages) n Molasses is a gloppy, thick syrup made from sugar. If you are slow as molasses, then you should probably drop out of the track team. The process of producing sugar from sugar cane involves several stages of boiling, and the syrup that results from this becomes molasses. The very darkest, thickest kind of molasses is called "blackstrap," which is more bitter than other molasses, but also contains all kinds of vitamins and minerals and is used by some people as a dietary supplement. The word molasses comes from the Latin mellaceus, "like honey." WORD FAMILY molasses USAGE EXAMPLES Some English cooks were using sugar instead of honey by the end of the 16th century and molasses by the mid-17th century. Time(Dec 22, 2016) Sticky, sweet-sour date molasses is available from most large supermarkets and any Middle Eastern grocer. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) A heavyset 50-year-old with no weapons, running as if through molasses, is hardly a clear and present danger to society. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) n thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining Hyper sirup, syrup a thick sweet sticky liquid
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