| 单词 |
whale-oil |
| 释义 |
ˈwhale-oil Oil obtained from whale-blubber.
1435–6in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 418, ii shippes of waloill, conteynyng xlviij.0 iii. v. oyll. c1580in Engl. Hist. Rev. (1914) July 520 Whale oyles that come frome newfound Land. 1672Act 25 Chas. II c. 7 §4 Noe English built Shipp..importing Whale oyle or Blubber or other Fish, Oyle. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 157 We have Oil of Camomile and Linseed..when Train or Whale-Oil is dear. 1896Brannt Anim. & Veg. Fats (ed. 2) II. 57 The pure whale oils, pale, brownish-yellow or brown. attrib.1853Zoologist XI. 4044 Syringing the young tree well with whale-oil-soap. 1885Harper's Mag. Feb. 368/2 Flavilla lit the..whale-oil lamp. |

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