单词 | coconut oil |
释义 | > as lemmascoconut oil coconut oil n. a clear oil or whitish fat pressed or extracted from coconut flesh, used in cooking and as a cosmetic substance or ingredient.Coconut oil consists largely of saturated fatty acids and is of a semi-solid consistency at room temperature, melting at 23º to 26ºC. ΚΠ 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon iii. vi. 90 Their Hair they oyl, with Coker-nut oyl to make it smooth. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 537 The Indian Inhabitants anoint themselves with Coco-nut Oyl, two or three times a day. 1726 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) III. 227 The Women go in their Hair comb'd behind their Heads, and oil it with Coco Nut Oil. 1794 E. Moor Narr. Operations Capt. Little's Detachm. 404 Cocoa-nut oil, as well as for the lamp, is medicinally esteemed. 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) I. 404/2 The lines are rubbed over with coco-nut oil. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 318 In general, cocoanut-oil is not saponified alone, but is employed as an addition to tallow, &c. 1918 C. A. Mitchell Edible Oils & Fats ix. 117 Deodorised coconut oil is used in the preparation of both margarine and ‘nut butter’. 1961 I. Khan Jumbie Bird i. 16 Bring coconut oil for this boy's head, you want him to catch sick in this hot sun? 2002 S. Stacey & J. Fairley 21st Cent. Beauty Bible 128/2 The moisturising ingredients include coconut oil. < as lemmas |
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