Treacle

['triːk(ə)l]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental.

(noun.) a pale cane syrup.

編輯:厄休拉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

(n.) A sovereign remedy; a cure.

(n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

(n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

校對:苏西

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. (Med.) Theriaca.[2]. Syrup, sugar-house molasses.[3]. Molasses.

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解釋/意思:

n. the dark viscous uncrystallisable syrup obtained in refining sugar also the drainings of crude sugar properly distinguished from treacle as molasses.—ns. Trea′cle-sleep a sweet and refreshing sleep; Trea′cliness viscosity.—adj. Trea′cly composed of or like treacle.

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