- (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 - (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
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.