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Definition of treacle in English: treaclenoun ˈtriːk(ə)lˈtrik(ə)l mass noun1British A thick, sticky dark syrup made from partly refined sugar; molasses. 〈主英〉(炼制糖时产生的)黑色糖浆 Example sentencesExamples - More of this and the ice cream will make way for sponge pudding and treacle and my autumn diet will be fully established.
- To this townie's feet it's like walking through treacle.
- Make a well in the middle, add the oil, treacle and enough milk to combine and make a soft dough.
- The brown bread was not wholemeal, but coloured with molasses or treacle.
- An innovation confined mainly to Britain was treacle or molasses from sugar cane.
- A treacle tart is my first choice, then I can eat any leftover at breakfast before everyone else gets up, but a crumbly upside tart would be good, perhaps with figs or apples underneath.
- The curd is perfectly complemented by the thick warm brown treacle topping that titillates the palate of dessert lovers anywhere.
- Don't just use white sugar - adding some muscovado and even black treacle will boost the flavour.
- Mix together the egg, 125g muscovado sugar, treacle, buttermilk and remaining butter until smooth.
- Marinate it for two to four hours in a large cooking pot in two tablespoons of black treacle, black peppercorns, a couple of bay leaves, a third of a pint of wine vinegar and three onions, roughly chopped.
- We're using a Wiltshire wet cure, consisting of beer, salt, black treacle, black peppercorns, juniper berries and saltpetre (according to HFW's recipe).
- It is then processed, cooked and eaten in various forms ranging from a sticky treacle to a dry bread.
- Well, a rum baba and a treacle tart were atypically heavy.
- They waved us to empty chairs, plonking cups filled with coffee as thick as treacle in front of us - and, completely unperturbed, carried on raising the roof.
- For dessert, the three of us shared treacle pudding.
- Traditional bonfire treats including black peas, baked potatoes, parkin, toffee apples and treacle toffee were also on offer.
- A real treat would be a wonderful treacle pudding.
- Tar clogs your lungs like thick treacle, and a 20-a-day smoker inhales a full cup of tar in a year.
- But what's money when we've got home made treacle sponge for pudding?
- Time to head downstairs, but not before I've warned them that if they don't eat their main course, they'll miss out on the treacle tart.
- 1.1 Syrup of a golden-yellow colour; golden syrup.
Example sentencesExamples - A treacle sponge was a throwback to the days when Golden Syrup was a treat.
2Cloying sentimentality or flattery. enough of this treacle—let's get back to business Example sentencesExamples - In such a time, his greatest mistake is not sweetening his logic with sentimental treacle.
- That he accomplishes all this without diving head first into a pit of treacle and Hallmark sentiment makes it all the more valuable.
- All this loss - of innocence, of dearly loved creatures - and yet, there is not a word of sentimentality or taste of treacle.
- Without any sentimental treacle, I cried all the way through.
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 century. It is now a kind of syrup, but treacle was originally an antidote against poison. When the word entered medieval English from Old French triacle, which went back to Greek thērion ‘wild beast’, it was a term for an ointment made with many ingredients that counteracted venom. The idea of an antidote extended into that of a remedy or medicine, and later, by way of the sugar syrup used to make a medicine more palatable, into the current sense at the end of the 17th century. Lewis Carroll played on the healing sense when he wrote about treacle wells in Alice in Wonderland, for he was referring to a real, ancient healing well at Binsey just outside Oxford.
Definition of treacle in US English: treaclenounˈtrēk(ə)lˈtrik(ə)l 1British A thick, sticky dark syrup made from partly refined sugar; molasses. 〈主英〉(炼制糖时产生的)黑色糖浆 Example sentencesExamples - Marinate it for two to four hours in a large cooking pot in two tablespoons of black treacle, black peppercorns, a couple of bay leaves, a third of a pint of wine vinegar and three onions, roughly chopped.
- But what's money when we've got home made treacle sponge for pudding?
- It is then processed, cooked and eaten in various forms ranging from a sticky treacle to a dry bread.
- For dessert, the three of us shared treacle pudding.
- A real treat would be a wonderful treacle pudding.
- Traditional bonfire treats including black peas, baked potatoes, parkin, toffee apples and treacle toffee were also on offer.
- To this townie's feet it's like walking through treacle.
- Time to head downstairs, but not before I've warned them that if they don't eat their main course, they'll miss out on the treacle tart.
- More of this and the ice cream will make way for sponge pudding and treacle and my autumn diet will be fully established.
- A treacle tart is my first choice, then I can eat any leftover at breakfast before everyone else gets up, but a crumbly upside tart would be good, perhaps with figs or apples underneath.
- Tar clogs your lungs like thick treacle, and a 20-a-day smoker inhales a full cup of tar in a year.
- Make a well in the middle, add the oil, treacle and enough milk to combine and make a soft dough.
- The curd is perfectly complemented by the thick warm brown treacle topping that titillates the palate of dessert lovers anywhere.
- We're using a Wiltshire wet cure, consisting of beer, salt, black treacle, black peppercorns, juniper berries and saltpetre (according to HFW's recipe).
- Mix together the egg, 125g muscovado sugar, treacle, buttermilk and remaining butter until smooth.
- Well, a rum baba and a treacle tart were atypically heavy.
- The brown bread was not wholemeal, but coloured with molasses or treacle.
- Don't just use white sugar - adding some muscovado and even black treacle will boost the flavour.
- They waved us to empty chairs, plonking cups filled with coffee as thick as treacle in front of us - and, completely unperturbed, carried on raising the roof.
- An innovation confined mainly to Britain was treacle or molasses from sugar cane.
2Cloying sentimentality or flattery. enough of this treacle—let's get back to business Example sentencesExamples - In such a time, his greatest mistake is not sweetening his logic with sentimental treacle.
- All this loss - of innocence, of dearly loved creatures - and yet, there is not a word of sentimentality or taste of treacle.
- That he accomplishes all this without diving head first into a pit of treacle and Hallmark sentiment makes it all the more valuable.
- Without any sentimental treacle, I cried all the way through.
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 century. |