| 单词 | slick-licker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslick-licker slick-licker n. Canadian colloquial an apparatus for removing oil floating as a slick. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > equipment for clearing oil slicks slick-licker1970 skimmer1971 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 7 May 4 (caption) Slick~lickers—barges in Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay designed to suck in oil off the water's surface from the wrecked tanker Arrow and transfer it to 45-gallon drums. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 12 Feb. 9/5 The federal transport department has placed a $150,000 order for 22 slicklicker machines... The machine..picks up oil from water surfaces by using an endless belt that has been treated chemically. 1975 Lamp (Exxon Corporation) Winter 24/1 Imperial Oil Limited, Exxon Corporation's Canadian affiliate, is employing a ‘slicklicker’ to counter the menace of oil spills on water. < as lemmas |
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