单词 | petromax |
释义 | petromax/ˈpɛtrəmaks/noun A trademark for: a type of vaporized paraffin pressure lamp; (usually now applied to) a portable lantern of this kind. Origin1920s. From German Petromax from Petro- (in Petroleum; compare petro-) + Max, male forename, after Petroleum-Maxe, the nickname of the German inventor Max Graetz, who developed and marketed this lamp from 1910. |
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