| 单词 | green oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen oil green oil n. any of various green-coloured oils, esp. (a) oil pressed from unripe olives; (b) U.S. regional = petroleum n. (now rare); (c) = anthracene oil n. at anthracene n. Compounds 3 (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > hydrocarbons > [noun] > polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons green oil1607 paranaphthalene1838 anthracene1840 oxanthracene1862 chrysene1864 cerulein1866 acenaphthene1868 naphthoquinone1870 anthracene oil1873 azulene1874 acenaphthylene1875 ionene1894 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > oil > petroleum petroleum1526 oil of petre1528 petrol1540 green oil1607 oil of saltpetre1685 mineral oil1771 coal oil1883 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 250 Two ounces of this Goates-greace and a pinte of greene Oyle mixed together. 1747 R. James Pharmacopœia Universalis 749 Take of the green Oil, three Pounds; of yellow Wax, ten Ounces. 1814 S. Weston Persian Distichs various Authors 91 Ottar ogul, odour of roses was the green oil of the Psalmist, which we translate fresh oil; but the true ottar..has a greenish cast. 1867 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 93 346 I was..informed that no ‘green oil’ (petroleum) springs existed upon that estate. 1873 Chem. News 7 Mar. 115/1 Sometimes there is obtained a further distillate known as green oil, green grease, or heavy pitch oil, the residue in the boiler being pitch. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xvi. 390 Green or anthracene oil is also used for preserving wood, and as fuel. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food vii. 215 The Romans in their day liked ‘green oil’, pressed from olives still hard and bitter. 2003 Competition Sci. Vision May 347/2 Anthracene oil (green oil). < as lemmas |
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