• n. 煤油，火油

由19世纪加拿大地质学家Abraham Gesner根据希腊语创造出来的一个词，来自希腊语keros,蜡，蜂蜡，词源同cere,ceraceous,cerumen.-ene,化学名词后缀。

kerosene (n.)

1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere) + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).

1. The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead.

空气中散发着煤油味，巨型飞机在头顶隆隆地响着。

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2. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies.

泄漏的煤油污染了水源。

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3. It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.

这就像用煤油灭火.

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4. Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.

没有电, 有煤油灯.

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5. With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out.

煤油灯闪了闪就灭了.

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