whale oil

whale oil

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• na.鯨油

英漢解釋

na.

1. 鯨油

英英解釋

n.	1. a yellowish oil manufactured by rendering the blubber of whales.

例句

Although Westerners were once reliant on whale oil for lighting, we never actually ran out of whales.

雖然西方人曾經依賴于鯨魚油來照明，但是我們事實上從未殺光鯨魚。

For me, these ghost towns of rusty flensing platforms, boilers, chimneys, and whale-oil storage tanks were poignant.

對我而言，這些生銹的解剖臺、鍋爐、煙囪和鯨油存儲罐充斥的“鬼鎮”是一段慘痛的記憶。

The refined kerosene could be used in lamps, replacing the more expensive whale oil.

精制的煤油可用于油燈，替代了更昂貴的鯨油。

From the 18th through the mid-19th century, whale oil provided light to much of the Western world.

從18世紀至19實際中葉，鯨魚油為大部分的西方世界提供了光。

But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price.

而且鯨的數量在減少，鯨脂油的價格在上升。

Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.

按照這樣的思維下去，如果沒有鯨魚油，世界將會倒退回黑暗時代。

In electrical Prior to becoming a household energy, housing and have used whale oil lighting.

在電成為一種日用能源之前，房屋曾用鯨油照明。

And whale oil lit practically every building.

幾乎所有建筑燃料都是鯨油。

It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.

它是鯨油的一種便宜的代替品，然而鯨油正變得越來越難以取得。