molasses: [16] The etymological connections of molasses are with ‘honey’ rather than ‘sugar’. It comes via Portuguese melaço 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 melaço, 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.
雙語例句
1. Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
加入化開的黃油、糖漿、鹽和麵粉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He poured milk and molasses into a bowl.
他把牛奶和糖漿倒入一隻碗內.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic.
糖蜜有些許通便作用，兼具強身功能。
來自辭典例句
4. Little children hurried by their sides , staggering under buckets of steaming molasses.
一個老頭用手推車推著一袋麵粉在一路掙紮著前進.
來自飄（部分）
5. Molasses is not an easy ingredient to mix into concentrated feeds.