Naphtha
['næfθə]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents.
編輯:弗吉尼亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
(n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
校對:利昂
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Rock oil, mineral oil.
邦妮整理
解釋/意思:
n. a clear inflammable liquid distilled from petroleum wood coal-tar &c.: rock-oil.—n. Naph′thalene a grayish-white inflammable substance obtained by the distillation of coal-tar.—adj. Naphthal′ic pertaining to or derived from naphthalene.—v.t. Naph′thalise.—ns. Naph′thol Naphthyl′amine.
埃尔默編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Marine glue is a cement made by dissolving India rubber in oil of turpentine or coal-naphtha, to which an equal quantity of shellac is added. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The art of compounding it was concealed at Constantinople with the greatest care, but it appears that naphtha, sulphur and nitre entered into its composition. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Hence the early chemists made all possible mixtures of pitch, resin, naphtha, sulphur, saltpeter, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It was discovered some years ago that if the vapor of gasoline or naphtha was mixed with a definite quantity of air, and a light was applied to the mixture, an explosion would result. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
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