資料來源 : pyDict
煤油,火油,燈油
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kerosene \Ker"o*sene`\, n. [Gr. ? wax.]
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from
the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and
hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense
quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of
petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the
methane series.
資料來源 : WordNet®
kerosene
n : a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and
heaters [syn: {kerosine}, {lamp oil}, {coal oil}]