Treacle Meaning in English

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UK

التعريف

A thick, sweet, dark syrup made from sugar, used in cooking or baking. It can also be used to describe something that is overly sentimental.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

British English; 'treacle' is common in recipes and sweets like 'treacle tart.' Used figuratively for overly sweet or sentimental things ('laying on the treacle'). Rare in American English, where 'molasses' is preferred.

• Spanish: melaza - almíbar
• Portuguese (BR): melaço
• Portuguese (PT): melaço
• Chinese (Simplified): 糖浆
• Chinese (Traditional): 糖漿
• Hindi: ट्रीकिल (गाढ़ी मिठास) - शीरा
• Arabic: دبس السكر
• Bengali: গুড় - অত্যধিক আবেগপ্রবণতা (রূপক অর্থে)
• Russian: патока - слащавость (перен.)
• Japanese: トリークル - 甘ったるさ（比喩的）
• Vietnamese: mật mía - sự sướt mướt (nghĩa bóng)
• Korean: 트리클 - 지나친 감상 (비유적)
• Turkish: pekmez - aşırı duygusallık (mecazi)
• Urdu: گڑ - ضرورت سے زیادہ جذباتیت (مجازاً)
• Indonesian: tetes tebu - kelebihan sentimen (kiasan)

جمل نموذجية

Treacle is very sweet and thick.

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We bought a jar of treacle at the market.

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I added treacle to the cake mixture.

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He poured too much treacle on his oatmeal, so it was really sticky.

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This movie is full of emotional treacle—I just can’t take it seriously.

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Whenever she talks about her cat, she lays on the treacle pretty thick.

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