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单词 molasses
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mo•las•ses /məˈlæsɪz/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Fooda thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mo•las•ses  (mə lasiz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fooda thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
  • Late Latin mellācium half-boiled new wine, for *mellāceum, neuter of *mellāceus honeylike, equivalent. to mell-, stem of mel honey + -āceus -aceous)
  • Portuguese melaços, plural of melaço (
  • earlier molassos, molasso(e)s 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
molasses /məˈlæsɪz/ n (functioning as singular)
  1. the thick brown uncrystallized bitter syrup obtained from sugar during refining
  2. US Canadian a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar
    Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): treacle
Etymology: 16th Century: from Portuguese melaço, from Late Latin mellāceum must, from Latin mel honey
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