Creosote

['kriːəsəʊt] or ['kriə'sot]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood.

(noun.) a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic.

(verb.) treat with creosote; 'creosoted wood'.

錄入:特丽萨--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

(v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

丹尼整理

解釋/意思:

n. an oily colourless liquid obtained from the tar produced by the destructive distillation of wood.

乔校對