whale oil

基本解釋

But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price.
而且鯨的數(shù)量在減少，鯨脂油的價(jià)格在上升。
Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.
按照這樣的思維下去，如果沒(méi)有鯨魚(yú)油，世界將會(huì)倒退回黑暗時(shí)代。
"They're so under threat from climate change, from noise pollution," he went on. "Until 1859 the whole world was lit by whale oil.
作者Philip Hoare說(shuō)：“鯨魚(yú)神秘莫測(cè)，他們時(shí)時(shí)處在氣候變化的威脅之下，承受著各種聲音的污染，在1859年之前，鯨魚(yú)的魚(yú)油是地球上照明的主要能源，人類(lèi)對(duì)鯨魚(yú)的影響是巨大的，同樣鯨魚(yú)們也深深地影響著人類(lèi)。”

The other side of the Atlantic experienced a shortage of whale oil used for illumination.
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That is a fancy way of saying that Oil Creek Valley put the whale oil industry out of business.
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We ran out of whale oil but found petroleum.
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oil obtained either from the blubber of whales (train oil) or the head of the sperm whale (sperm oil)