| 单词 | oil-tree |
| 释义 | oil /oil/noun
—See also tall oil ORIGIN: OFr oile (Fr huile), from L oleum, from Gr elaion, from elaiā olive-tree, olive oiled adjective
oilˈer noun
oilˈery noun The commodities, business or establishment of an oilman oilˈily adverb oilˈiness noun oilˈ-less adjective oilˈy adjective
oil bath noun A receptacle containing lubricating oil through which part of a machine passes oil beetle noun A beetle (of the genus Meloe) that emits a yellowish oily liquid from its legs when disturbed oilˈ-belt noun A belt of country yielding mineral oil oilˈbird noun The guacharo oilˈ-burner noun
oilˈ-burning adjective oilˈ-cake noun A cattle food made of the residue of oilseeds when most of the oil has been pressed out oilˈcan noun A can for carrying oil or for applying lubricating oil oilˈcloth noun
oil colour noun A colouring substance mixed with oil, an oil paint oil-control ring noun (motoring) Same as scraper ring (see under scrape) oilˈ-cup noun A small cup-like container, usu attached to machinery, for holding and dispensing lubricating oil oil drum noun A cylindrical metal barrel for oil oil engine noun An internal-combustion engine burning vapour from oil oilˈfield noun An area that produces mineral oil oil-filled cable noun (elec eng) Cable with a central duct filled with oil, eliminating gaseous voids and consequent ionization oilˈ-fired adjective Burning oil as fuel oilˈ-gas noun Illuminating gas or heating gas made by destructive distillation of oil oil gauge noun An instrument for indicating the level of lubricating oil in an engine, etc oil gland noun The uropygial gland in birds, forming a secretion used in preening the feathers oil immersion noun A technique, used to extend the resolving power of a light microscope, in which a thin film of oil is placed between a special oil-immersion objective lens and the specimen oil length noun The ratio of drying oil to resin in eg a varnish (longˈ-oil having a high proportion, shortˈ-oil a low proportion, of oil) oilˈman noun
oil mill noun A grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds, etc oilˈnut noun The N American butternut, the buffalo-nut, or other oil-yielding nut oil paint noun An oil colour oil painting noun
oil palm noun A palm (Elaeis guineensis) whose fruit pulp yields palm oil oil pan noun The sump in an internal-combustion engine oil paper noun Paper that has been oiled, eg to make it waterproof oil platform noun A steel and/or concrete structure, either fixed or mobile, used in offshore drilling to support the rig and to keep stores, etc oil press noun A machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp oilˈ-rich adjective Having much oil oil rig noun
oil sand noun
oilˈseed noun Any seed that yields oil oilseed rape noun A plant with vivid yellow flowers, yielding vegetable oil oil shale noun A shale containing diffused hydrocarbons in a state suitable for distillation into mineral oils oil silk noun A transparent silk fabric impregnated with oxidized oil oilˈskin noun
oil slick noun A patch of oil forming a film on the surface of water or (rarely) a road, etc oilˈstone noun A whetstone used with oil oil string same as production string (see under produce). oil tanker noun A vessel constructed for carrying oil in bulk oilˈ-tree noun Any of several trees or shrubs from which oil is obtained, that mentioned in Isaiah 41.19 in the Bible probably being the oleaster oil well noun A boring made on land or the seabed for extracting petroleum oily fish noun Any fish whose meat is rich in fatty acids, including salmon and mackerel long-oil and short-oil see oil length above. no oil painting (informal; facetious) (facially) unattractive oil someone's palm To bribe someone oil the wheels To do something in order to make things go more smoothly, successfully, etc strike oil
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