chicle
n. 一种树胶(用制口香糖等)
例句
It occurred to him to add flavoring4 to the chicle.
他想到把香料加到糖胶树胶里。
Thomas Adams began experimenting with chicle as a substitute for rubber3, but he failed.
汤玛士·亚当斯实验用糖胶树胶来做橡胶的替代品,但他并未成功。
What Happened: he was experimenting with chicle, the SAP from a South American tree, as a substitute for rubber.
事情发生的经过:他在用chicle,一种南美洲的树液做实验,以寻找橡胶的替代物。