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kerosene是什么意思

kerosene

英 ['kerəsiːn] 美 ['kɛrəsin]
  • n. 煤油,火油

kerosene 中文词源


kerosene 煤油,火油

由19世纪加拿大地质学家Abraham Gesner根据希腊语创造出来的一个词,来自希腊语keros,蜡,蜂蜡,词源同cere,ceraceous,cerumen.-ene,化学名词后缀。

kerosene 英文词源


kerosene (n.)
1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere) + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).

kerosene 双语例句


1. The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead.
空气中散发着煤油味,巨型飞机在头顶隆隆地响着。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies.
泄漏的煤油污染了水源。

来自柯林斯例句

3. It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.
这就像用煤油灭火.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.
没有电, 有煤油灯.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out.
煤油灯闪了闪就灭了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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