单词 | sperm oil |
释义 | sperm oilnoun 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. Origin of sperm oilFirst recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby sperm oilspermiduct, spermine, spermiogenesis, spermo-, spermogonium, sperm oil, spermolith, spermophile, spermophyte, spermotoxic, spermotoxin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sperm oilsperm oil nounan oil obtained from the head of the sperm whale, used as a lubricant 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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