kerosene
英['ker?si?n]
美['k?r?sin]
- n. 煤油，火油
中文詞源
kerosene 煤油，火油
由19世紀加拿大地質學家Abraham Gesner根據希臘語創造出來的一個詞，來自希臘語keros,蠟，蜂蠟，詞源同cere,ceraceous,cerumen.-ene,化學名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- kerosene (n.)
- 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere) + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).
雙語例句
- 1. The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead.
- 空氣中散發著煤油味，巨型飛機在頭頂隆隆地響著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies.
- 泄漏的煤油污染了水源。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.
- 這就像用煤油滅火.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.
- 沒有電, 有煤油燈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out.
- 煤油燈閃了閃就滅了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》