Tallow
['tæləʊ] or ['tælo]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants.
安娜贝尔整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
(n.) The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
(v. t.) To grease or smear with tallow.
(v. t.) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
錄入:洛根
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Suet (freed from adhering membranes).
赛勒斯錄入
解釋/意思:
n. the fat of animals melted: any coarse hard fat.—v.t. to grease with tallow.—ns. Tall′ow-can′dle a candle made of tallow; Tall′ow-catch -keech (Shak.) a keech or lump of tallow: a low mean fellow; Tall′ow-chand′ler a dealer in tallow candles &c.; Tall′ow-chand′lery the trade or place of business of a tallow-chandler; Tall′ower a tallow-chandler; Tall′ow-face a yellow pasty-faced person.—adj. Tall′ow-faced.—n. Tall′ow-tree the name given to trees of different kinds which produce a thick oil or vegetable tallow or a somewhat resinous substance capable of making candles.—adj. Tall′owy like tallow greasy.
整理:威尔伯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of tallow, forebodes that your possessions of love and wealth will quickly vanish.
杜威手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- If the tallow candle, hitherto unknown, were now invented, its creator would be hailed as one of the greatest benefactors of the present age. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- You know it is a mere bachelor's room, continued he, lighting a long tallow-candle by a short piece, which was burning in a broken candlestick. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The heat of the burning tallow melts more of the tallow near it, and this liquid fat is quickly sucked up into the burning wick. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He said, Oh no, I've got another one here, and he produced another couple of inches of tallow candle. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Anyhow, he never got tallow-stains from a gas-jet. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The reddleman struck a light, kindled an inch of tallow-candle which he had brought, and sheltered it with his cap. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I had the tallow of three hundred cows, for greasing my boat, and other uses. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The candles which decorate our tea tables are of wax, while those which serve for general use are of paraffin and tallow. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He bore in his right hand a tallow candle stuck in the end of a cleft stick. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- In some provinces of Spain, I have been assured, the sheep is frequently killed merely for the sake of the fleece and the tallow. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Cannons were fired and much tallow consumed in illumination. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- On a dirty table stand scores of corresponding brass candlesticks with tallow candles for the lodgers, whose keys hang up in rows over the candles. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
校對:威尔默