| 单词 | oil cellar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil cellar oil cellar n. (a) a cellar for storage of oil (also figurative); (b) Engineering = oil box n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] > for oil oil cellar?1440 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > lubricators > lubricant > box for oil box1566 oil cellarc1871 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 491 (MED) Thyn oilcelar sette on the somer side. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Paralip. xxvii. 28 For ouer the Oliuetes and the figgegroues, which were in the champayne, was Balanam a Gederite: and ouer the oile cellars, Ioas. 1849 R. Curzon Visits Monasteries Levant vii. 77 I had by the by a great advantage over the good abbot, as I could see the workings of his features and he could not see mine, or note my eagerness about the oil-cellar. c1871 G. Weissenborn Amer. Locomotive Engin. 176/2 To close the bottom of the box, exclude dust and catch the oil as it passes through the bearing, an oil-cellar..is fitted into the box underneath the journal. 1894 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 4/2 When the French fleet were firing on the British batteries..neighbors took refuge in the oil cellar of Madsly adjoining the house. 1919 L. H. Morrison Oil Engines xxi. 358 Figure 283 is the same type of bearing, with the addition of an oil cellar and an oiler chain. 1998 M. P. Walker & J. R. Ash in A. K. Howard & J. L. Hitch Design & Appl. Controlled Low-strength Materials 201 The oil cellar was a subsurface brick and concrete structure that housed four 10,000-gal...fuel oil USTs. 2016 R. Gallegos Crude Nation vi. 138 Venezuelans keep a close eye on the value of their vast oil cellar by tracking the price of an ‘oil basket’ that incorporates the different types of crude they own and sell. < as lemmas |
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