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单词 rock oil
释义

rock oil

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noun

petroleum.

Origin of rock oil

1660–70; translation of Medieval Latin petroleum

Words nearby rock oil

rock mechanics, rock melon, rock milk, Rockne, rock-'n'-roll, rock oil, rockoon, rock pigeon, rock plant, rock rabbit, rock-ribbed
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Example sentences from the Web for rock oil

  • That's his centre-bit, and this is the bottle of rock-oil he's supposed to have kept dipping it in to prevent making a noise.

    A Thief in the Night|E. W. Hornung
  • Rock-oil in Eighteen Hundred Fifty-eight was worth twenty dollars a barrel.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for rock oil

rock oil

noun

another name for petroleum
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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