whale-oil

基本解释

• n.鲸油

同根派生

英汉例句

• It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.
  它是鲸油的一种便宜的替代品，而鲸油正变得越来越难以获得。
• NUISANCE: As whale oil for lamps became scarce in the 1850s, Canadians converted seeping ground oil into kerosene.
  曾是废弃物：1850年代，点灯用的鲸鱼油产量逐渐减少，加拿大人将渗出地面的油转换成煤油。
• The American colonies traded goods such as whale oil, ginger, iron, wood, and rum, an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane.
  美国殖民地贸易一些商品如鲸油，生姜，铁制品，木制品还有糖酒，一种从糖里面酿出来的含酒精的饮品。
• They correspond with extraordinary precision to the adoption of substitutes, kerosene for whale oil and steel for whale bone in corsets (the primary commercial reasons behind whaling).
  煤油替代鲸鱼油，钢铁替代做紧身衣（捕鲸业兴起的主要商业原因）的鲸鱼骨。
• We may live to see the extinction of the whale.
  人类或许能亲眼见到鲸的灭绝。