| 单词 | sperm oil |
| 释义 | sperm oil in British Englishnoun an oil obtained from the head of the sperm whale, used as a lubricant sperm oil in American English a valuable lubricating oil from the sperm whale sperm oil in American Englishnoun Chemistry a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus Word origin [1820–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, exogenous, morphology, myth, phonetic |
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