| 单词 | paraffin oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparaffin oil paraffin oil n. see sense 2. paraffin oil 2. In full paraffin oil. An oily, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons similarly obtained by distillation and used as fuel; esp. = kerosene n. Also: (a) paraffin (sense 1) in liquid form; (b) liquid paraffin.liquid paraffin: see liquid adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > liquid naphthec1384 naphtha1543 paraffin1851 kerosene1854 octylene1857 shale-oil1857 coal oil1859 gasoline1863 octane1867 octene1868 octyne1877 gas1878 liquid fuel1889 petrol1895 mazut1897 white fuel1901 diesel oil1905 autogas1908 juice1909 sauce1918 power kerosene1919 petroil1921 ethyl1923 lox1923 kero1930 isooctane1932 high-octane1933 hi-octane1933 Calor1936 pool petrol1939 super1939 pool1940 derv1948 platformate1949 mixture1952 diesel1953 Mapp gas1962 gasohol1971 super unleaded1975 synoil1976 synjet1979 biodiesel1986 Orimulsion1987 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > distilled or refined mineral oils > paraffin oils petroleum1526 petroline1831 blue oil1835 paraffin1851 kerosene1854 photogen1856 1851 J. Young in Mechanics' Mag. 54 334 Treating bituminous coal..to obtain therefrom an oil containing paraffine which the patentee calls paraffine oil. 1861 Ann. Reg. 234 There has been lately introduced, for the purposes of light, an oil called ‘paraffin’. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xii [He] set his face against paraffin and the whole family of oils. a1930 N. Munro Prodigal Son in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. v. 20 Lord! there's sae muckle to see—the cheeny-shops and the drapers, and the neighbours gaun for paraffin oil wi' a bottle. 1949 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) IX. 389/2 The word ‘kerosene’..is an alternative name with paraffin oil (British) and coal oil (American). 1985 I. Murdoch Good Apprentice ii. 205 Thomas had poured some paraffin on to encourage the now too violent blaze. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 3/3 The price of illuminating paraffin would rise 5c/l. < as lemmas |
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