English Dictionary

treacle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɹiː.kəl/

名詞

イギリス英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞 コックニー 俗語 廃用 比喩的用法

(chiefly Britain) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup. / Cloying sentimental speech. / (Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).

日本語の意味

主に英国において、砂糖精製の副産物として得られるシロップ（糖蜜やゴールデンシロップと同義） / 過度に甘ったるく、感傷的な話し方や表現 / （コックニー・ライミング・スラングによる）恋人

She drizzled treacle over the warm crumpets, filling the kitchen with a rich, caramel scent.

彼女は温かいクランペットに糖蜜をかけ、台所中に濃厚なキャラメルの香りが広がった。

意味（1）

(chiefly Britain) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.

Didn’t you see how the cub was ashamed of the thick bread-and-butter? I dare say they’re going to have treacle if they are good.

意味（2）

Cloying sentimental speech.

The public tributes to Griffith were over-the-top in a way his acting never was, spreading treacle from the evening newscasts to the front page of the New York Times.

意味（3）

(Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).

Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!

意味（4）

(obsolete) Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.

CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.

意味（5）

(obsolete, figuratively) Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.

意味（6）

(obsolete, figuratively) Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.

treacles （ plural ）