jab molassie

短语

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒæb məˈlæsiː/
其它
US /ˈd͡ʒæb məˈlæsi/

别名

jab molasie jab molassi

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A traditional character in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dressed as a devil, mostly naked and covered in molasses or grease and a colourful dye.

词源

Borrowed from Antillean Creole jab (“devil”) (from French diable (“devil”)) + molassie (“molasses”) (from French mélasse (“molasses; treacle”)).

来源：wiktionary