英语词汇“kerosene”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINkerosene

Origin:

1800-1900 Greek keros ‘wax’ + English -ene ‘chemical compound’

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Further cuts in government subsidies on petrol, diesel, kerosene and fertilizer were announced.
In 1981 the government had to resort to crash purchases of kerosene to meet shortages.
In her dark cellar kitchen she showed me how to lay the kindling and pour kerosene to fire her wood-burning stove.
In towns, kerosene is the main fuel for cooking.
Our nostrils smelled wet grass, human sweat, kerosene, incense, charred flesh.
The brilliant yellow stain of kerosene light spilled itself out on the snow.
The engines of the Atlas burned a modified aviation fuel, similar to kerosene, with liquid oxygen.
The room was lit by a single kerosene hurricane lamp in the center of the table and a few candles.

WORD SETS► Power

atomic, adjectiveatomic energy, nounbeam, nounbeam, verbbiomass, nounbionic, adjectiveboiler, nounburn, verbclockwork, nouncooling tower, nouncore, nouncritical mass, noundrive, verbdynamic, adjectiveenergy, nounengine, nounfallout, nounfirewood, nounfluorescent, adjectivegenerate, verbgeneration, nounheat, nounheater, nounheating, nouninfra-red, adjectiveirradiate, verbjuice, nounkerosene, nounmeltdown, nounmeter, verbmotor, nounmotor, adjectivemotorized, adjectivenon-renewable, adjectivenuclear, adjectivenuclear fission, nounnuclear-free, adjectivenuclear fusion, nounoutage, nounpeat, nounpetrochemical, nounpetrol, nounpneumatic, adjectivepower, nounpower, verbpower plant, nounquantum, nounradiate, verbradiation, nounradioactive waste, nounradio wave, nounray, nounreactor, nounregister, nounthermostat, nountreadmill, nounturbine, nounwave, nounwavelength, nounwindmill, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp

(=lamps that you light with a flame)· The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► lamp

· The only light was from a dim kerosene lamp standing on a low table.· I got up and lit the kerosene lamp.· The door closed, with yellow light from the kerosene lamp making a long crack on the floor.· Because of frequent power outages, we kept kerosene lamps.· He stayed later and later at the quarries, working by kerosene lamp.· At night you light your kerosene lamps.· We used kerosene lamps and stood in line for hours with buckets to draw water from a public water pipe.· A couple of kerosene lamps were burning.

单词	kerosene
释义	keroseneker‧o‧sene, kerosine /ˈkerəsiːn/ noun [uncountable] especially AmE, Australian English Word Origin WORD ORIGINkerosene Origin: 1800-1900 Greek keros ‘wax’ + English -ene ‘chemical compound’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Further cuts in government subsidies on petrol, diesel, kerosene and fertilizer were announced. In 1981 the government had to resort to crash purchases of kerosene to meet shortages. In her dark cellar kitchen she showed me how to lay the kindling and pour kerosene to fire her wood-burning stove. In towns, kerosene is the main fuel for cooking. Our nostrils smelled wet grass, human sweat, kerosene, incense, charred flesh. The brilliant yellow stain of kerosene light spilled itself out on the snow. The engines of the Atlas burned a modified aviation fuel, similar to kerosene, with liquid oxygen. The room was lit by a single kerosene hurricane lamp in the center of the table and a few candles. word sets WORD SETS► Power atomic, adjectiveatomic energy, nounbeam, nounbeam, verbbiomass, nounbionic, adjectiveboiler, nounburn, verbclockwork, nouncooling tower, nouncore, nouncritical mass, noundrive, verbdynamic, adjectiveenergy, nounengine, nounfallout, nounfirewood, nounfluorescent, adjectivegenerate, verbgeneration, nounheat, nounheater, nounheating, nouninfra-red, adjectiveirradiate, verbjuice, nounkerosene, nounmeltdown, nounmeter, verbmotor, nounmotor, adjectivemotorized, adjectivenon-renewable, adjectivenuclear, adjectivenuclear fission, nounnuclear-free, adjectivenuclear fusion, nounoutage, nounpeat, nounpetrochemical, nounpetrol, nounpneumatic, adjectivepower, nounpower, verbpower plant, nounquantum, nounradiate, verbradiation, nounradioactive waste, nounradio wave, nounray, nounreactor, nounregister, nounthermostat, nountreadmill, nounturbine, nounwave, nounwavelength, nounwindmill, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp (=lamps that you light with a flame)· The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► lamp · The only light was from a dim kerosene lamp standing on a low table.· I got up and lit the kerosene lamp.· The door closed, with yellow light from the kerosene lamp making a long crack on the floor.· Because of frequent power outages, we kept kerosene lamps.· He stayed later and later at the quarries, working by kerosene lamp.· At night you light your kerosene lamps.· We used kerosene lamps and stood in line for hours with buckets to draw water from a public water pipe.· A couple of kerosene lamps were burning. a clear oil that is burnt to provide heat or light SYN paraffin British English: a kerosene lamp
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