| 单词 | oleo |
| 释义 | oleo- in British Englishcombining form oil oleomargarine Word origin from Latin oleum oiloil in British English (ɔɪl) noun 1. any of a number of viscous liquids with a smooth sticky feel. They are usually flammable, insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents, and are obtained from plants and animals, from mineral deposits, and by synthesis. They are used as lubricants, fuels, perfumes, foodstuffs, and raw materials for chemicals See also essential oil, fixed oil 2. a. another name for petroleum b. (as modifier) an oil engine an oil rig 3. a. Also called: lubricating oil any of a number of substances usually derived from petroleum and used for lubrication b. (in combination) an oilcan an oilstone c. (as modifier) an oil pump 4. Also called: fuel oil a petroleum product used as a fuel in domestic heating, industrial furnaces, marine engines, etc 5. British a. paraffin, esp when used as a domestic fuel b. (as modifier) an oil lamp an oil stove 6. any substance of a consistency resembling that of oil oil of vitriol 7. the solvent, usually linseed oil, with which pigments are mixed to make artists' paints 8. a. (often plural) oil colour or paint b. (as modifier) an oil painting 9. an oil painting 10. the good oil 11. strike oil verb (transitive) 12. to lubricate, smear, polish, etc, with oil or an oily substance 13. informal to bribe (esp in the phrase oil someone's palm) 14. oil the wheels oleo in American English (ˈoʊliˌoʊ) US noun oleomargarine oleo- in American English (ˈoʊlioʊ; ˈoʊliə) oil, olein, or oleic oleograph Word origin L < oleum, oiloleo in American English (ˈouliˌou) noun margarine Word origin [1880–85; by shortening of oleomargarine]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, highball, irredentist, quotation mark, rain checkoleo- in American Englishprefix a combining form meaning “oil,” used in the formation of compound words oleograph Word origin [‹ L, comb. form repr. oleum oil]Word lists with Edible oils |
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