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　　whale-oil

　　英：【weɪlɔɪl】美：【weɪlɔɪl】

　　英：

　　美：

　　常见释义：

　　鲸脂油.

　　1、whale pictures ─── 鲸鱼图片

　　2、whale ─── n.(Whale)（爱）惠尔（人名）；v.（非正式）殴打；捕鲸；使惨败；n.鲸；巨大的东西

　　3、wendy whale ─── 温迪鲸

　　4、whale fall ─── 鲸落

　　5、whale shark ─── 【鱼】鲸鲨

　　6、fair whale ─── n.马克·华菲（一个以深海鲸鱼命名的时尚品牌）

　　7、sperm whale ─── n.抹香鲸；巨头鲸；【脊椎】抹香鲸（等于Physetercatodon）

　　8、orca whale ─── 虎鲸

　　9、a whale ─── 鲸鱼

　　1、For me, these ghost towns of rusty flensing platforms, boilers, chimneys, and

　　whale-oil

　　storage tanks were poignant. ─── 对我而言，这些生锈的解剖台、锅炉、烟囱和鲸油存储罐充斥的“鬼镇”是一段惨痛的记忆。

　　2、From the 18th through the mid-19th century, whale oil provided light to much of the Western world. ─── 从18世纪至19实际中叶，鲸鱼油为大部分的西方世界提供了光。

　　3、The refined kerosene could be used in lamps, replacing the more expensive whale oil. ─── 精制的煤油可用于油灯，替代了更昂贵的鲸油。

　　4、But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price. ─── 而且鲸的数量在减少，鲸脂油的价格在上升。

　　5、Kerosene refined from such petroleum helped displace the whale oil that lit lamps in the 19th century and led to the near extinction of many whale species. ─── 19世纪，人类成功从石油中提炼出煤油，煤油代替了鲸油，使得许多鲸类免受灭绝的厄运。

　　6、Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness. ─── 这样的思维下去，如果没有鲸鱼油，世界将会倒退回黑暗时代。

　　7、Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness. ─── 按照这样的思维下去，如果没有鲸鱼油，世界将会倒退回黑暗时代。

　　8、For me, these ghost towns of rusty flensing platforms, boilers, chimneys, and

　　whale-oil

　　storage tanks were poignant. ─── 对我而言，这些以锈迹斑斑的解剖台、锅炉、烟囱和鲸鱼油罐搭建起来的幽灵城堡则无疑是一种难言之殇。

　　9、Although Westerners were once reliant on whale oil for lighting, we never actually ran out of whales. ─── 虽然西方人曾经依赖于鲸鱼油来照明，但是我们事实上从未杀光鲸鱼。