molasses: [16] The etymological connections of molasses are with ‘honey’ rather than ‘sugar’. It comes via Portuguese mela?o from late Latin mellāceum ‘fermenting grape juice, new wine’. This was a derivative of mel ‘honey’, source of English mellifluous [15] and related to mildew. => mellifluous, mildew
molasses (n.)
1580s, from Portuguese mela?o, from Late Latin mellaceum "new wine," properly neuter of mellaceus "resembling honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis) "honey" (see Melissa). Adopted in English in plural form, but regarded as a singular noun.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
加入化開(kāi)的黃油、糖漿、鹽和面粉。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He poured milk and molasses into a bowl.
他把牛奶和糖漿倒入一只碗內(nèi).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic.
糖蜜有些許通便作用，兼具強(qiáng)身功能。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Little children hurried by their sides , staggering under buckets of steaming molasses.
一個(gè)老頭用手推車推著一袋面粉在一路掙扎著前進(jìn).
來(lái)自飄（部分）
5. Molasses is not an easy ingredient to mix into concentrated feeds.