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treacle

noun
🔊/ˈtriːkl/
🔊/ˈtriːkl/
 [uncountable] (British English)
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  1. (North American English molasses)
     a thick black, sweet, sticky liquid produced when sugar is refined (= made pure), used in cooking（制糖时产生的）糖浆，糖蜜Topics Foodc2
  2. (British English also golden syrup)
     a very sweet thick yellow liquid made from sugar（制糖时产生的）糖浆，糖蜜
    • a treacle tart糖蜜馅饼
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (originally denoting an antidote against venom): from Old French triacle, via Latin from Greek thēriakē ‘antidote against venom’, feminine of thēriakos (adjective), from thērion ‘wild beast’. Current senses date from the late 17th cent.