molasses

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /məʊˈlasɪz/|/məˈlasɪz/|[məˈlæsɪz]    美 /məˈlæsɪz/|[məˈlæsɪz]|[mɵˈlæsɪz]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses. uncountable,usually
    — Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely.
  2. plural of molasse form-of,plural
  3. Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup. US,uncountable,usually
    — Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.
  4. Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words. figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.
  5. Something which moves or works extremely slowly. figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Though faster than typing, the daisy wheel is molasses compared to dot matrix printers.
  6. plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses. Scotland,form-of,obsolete,plural,uncountable
  7. Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses. Scotland,obsolete,rare,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of molass form-of,indicative,obsolete,present,singular

词形变化

molass singular mollasses alternative malasses alternative merlaasses alternative molassey alternative molassy alternative melasus alternative molassos alternative malassoes alternative malassos alternative molossus alternative melasses alternative mallassus alternative malosses alternative mellasses alternative milasses alternative molassers alternative molossoes alternative molossos alternative mullasses alternative molosses alternative melossus alternative mollossus alternative molossas alternative molases alternative mellosses alternative moloses alternative merlassers alternative millasses alternative molassisis alternative mollasses alternative malasses alternative merlaasses alternative molassey alternative molassy alternative melasus alternative molassos alternative malassoes alternative malassos alternative molossus alternative melasses alternative mallassus alternative malosses alternative mellasses alternative milasses alternative molassers alternative molossoes alternative molossos alternative mullasses alternative molosses alternative melossus alternative mollossus alternative molossas alternative molases alternative mellosses alternative moloses alternative merlassers alternative millasses alternative molassisis alternative

词汇关系

近义词
long sweetening treacle theriac sorghum syrup cane syrup
衍生词
like molasses like molasses in January maple molasses molasses acid molasses ale molasses barrel molasses beer molasses bird molasses brandy molasses cake molasses candy molasses cane molasses cask molasses cistern molasses cookie molasses face molasses gate molasses gingerbread molasses grass molasses hogshead molasses house molasses jug molasseslike molasses rum molasses scone molasses settlings molasses spirit molasses taffy molasses tank molasses tierce molassied molassy pomegranate molasses slow as molasses slow as molasses in January slower than molasses slower than molasses in January sorghum molasses sugar-house molasses thick as molasses

词源

词源 1
From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), from mel (“honey”) + -āceus (“-aceous”) + -ium, q.v. Some alternative forms derived or influenced by Spanish melaza and French mélasse, conjectured to derive from unattested Late Latin mellacea, from mel + -ācea.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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