• n. 煤油，火油

由19世紀加拿大地質學家Abraham Gesner根據希臘語創造出來的一個詞，來自希臘語keros,蠟，蜂蠟，詞源同cere,ceraceous,cerumen.-ene,化學名詞后綴。

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.

空氣中散發著煤油味，巨型飛機在頭頂隆隆地響著。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies.

泄漏的煤油污染了水源。

來自柯林斯例句

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

這就像用煤油滅火.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.

沒有電, 有煤油燈.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

煤油燈閃了閃就滅了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》