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单词 tallow
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tal•low /ˈtæloʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. a hard, fatty substance used to make candles and soap.
tal•low•y, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tal•low  (talō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
  2. the harder fat of sheep, cattle, etc., separated by melting from the fibrous and membranous matter naturally mixed with it, and used to make candles, soap, etc.
  3. any of various similar fatty substances:vegetable tallow.

v.t. 
  1. to smear with tallow.
  • 1300–50; Middle English talow, talgh; cognate with German Talg

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tallow /ˈtæləʊ/ n
  1. a fatty substance consisting of a mixture of glycerides, including stearic, palmitic, and oleic acids and extracted chiefly from the suet of sheep and cattle: used for making soap, candles, food, etc
vb
  1. (transitive) to cover or smear with tallow
Etymology: Old English tælg, a dye; related to Middle Low German talch tallow, Dutch talk, Icelandic tólg

ˈtallowy adj
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