单词 | syrup |
释义 | syrup n. (US sirup)   1. a a sweet sauce made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit etc. b a similar sauce of a specified flavour as a drink, medicine, etc. (rose-hip syrup).   2. condensed sugar-cane juice; part of this remaining uncrystallized at various stages of refining; molasses, treacle.   3. excessive sweetness of style or manner. Derivatives syrupy adj. Etymology: ME f. OF sirop or med.L siropus f. Arab. sarab beverage: cf. SHERBET, SHRUB(2) |
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