| 单词 | banana oil |
| 释义 | banana oil[ buh-nan-uh-oil ] / bəˈnæn ə ˌɔɪl / nounAlso called am·yl ac·e·tate [am-il as-i-teyt], /ˈæm ɪl ˈæs ɪˌteɪt/, am·yl·a·ce·tic e·ther [am-il-uh-see-tik ee-ther, -set-ik, am-] /ˈæm ɪl əˈsi tɪk ˈi θər, -ˈsɛt ɪk, ˌæm-/ . a sweet-smelling liquid ester, C7H14O2, a mixture of isomers derived from amyl alcohol and having the characteristic odor of bananas: used chiefly as a paint solvent and in artificial fruit flavors; amyl acetate. Slang. insincere talk; nonsense. Origin of banana oilFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby banana oilbanana, banana belt, Banana bender, banana family, Bananaland, banana oil, banana plug, banana prawn, banana republic, banana republics, bananas Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for banana oilbanana oil nouna solution of cellulose nitrate in pentyl acetate or a similar solvent, which has a banana-like smell a nontechnical name for pentyl acetate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with banana oilbanana oil Nonsense, exaggerated flattery, as in I should be on television? Cut out the banana oil! The precise analogy in this idiom is not clear, unless it is to the fact that banana oil, a paint solvent and artificial flavoring agent, has no relation to the fruit other than that it smells like it. Possibly it is a variation on snake oil, a term for quack medicine that was extended to mean nonsense. [1920s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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