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demerara

/dem-uh-rahr-uh, -rair-uh/US // ˌdɛm əˈrɑr ə, -ˈrɛər ə //UK // (ˌdɛməˈrɛərə, -ˈrɑːrə) //

德梅拉瑞,德梅拉里,德梅拉腊,德梅拉拉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light brown raw sugar grown in Guyana and used especially in the country's rum-making industry.

Examples

  • Spread the demerara sugar or sparkling sugar, if using, onto a baking sheet.

  • The slaves of many plantations on the eastern coast of Demerara had formed a conspiracy to obtain their freedom.

  • Another uncle had estates in Demerara, and in the autumn Waterton sailed thither from Portsmouth.

  • Demerara yields to no country in the world in her wonderful and beautiful productions of the feathered race.

  • Mosquitos are very rare after you pass the third island in the Demerara, and sand-flies but seldom appear.

  • To the northward there is a hill higher than any in the Demerara; and in the south-south-west quarter a mountain.