whale-oil

基本解釋

It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.
它是鯨油的一種便宜的替代品，而鯨油正變得越來(lái)越難以獲得。
NUISANCE: As whale oil for lamps became scarce in the 1850s, Canadians converted seeping ground oil into kerosene.
曾是廢棄物：1850年代，點(diǎn)燈用的鯨魚(yú)油産量逐漸減少，加拿大人將滲出地麪的油轉(zhuǎn)換成煤油。
The American colonies traded goods such as whale oil, ginger, iron, wood, and rum, an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane.
美國(guó)殖民地貿(mào)易一些商品如鯨油，生薑，鉄制品，木制品還有糖酒，一種從糖裡麪釀出來(lái)的含酒精的飲品。
They correspond with extraordinary precision to the adoption of substitutes, kerosene for whale oil and steel for whale bone in corsets (the primary commercial reasons behind whaling).
煤油替代鯨魚(yú)油，鋼鉄替代做緊身衣（捕鯨業(yè)興起的主要商業(yè)原因）的鯨魚(yú)骨。
We may live to see the extinction of the whale.
人類(lèi)或許能親眼見(jiàn)到鯨的滅絕。