Turpentine
['tɜːp(ə)ntaɪn] or ['tɝpən'taɪn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.
(noun.) obtained from conifers (especially pines).
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解釋/意思:
(n.) A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
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解釋/意思:
n. a semi-solid resinous substance secreted by various coniferous trees (the name turpentine is commonly understood to mean the product of the Scotch pine the swamp pine of America and the Pinus maritima of France; Venice turpentine is obtained from the larch and Chian turpentine from the 'Turpentine-tree'—see Pistachio): the oil or spirit of turpentine.—ns. Tur′pentine-moth a moth whose larv?bore into the twigs of pine and fir causing exudation of resin and destroying the twig; Tur′pentine-tree the terebinth-tree—Pistachia terebinthus.—adj. Tur′pentin′ic.—n. Turps oil or spirits of turpentine.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of turpentine, foretells your near future holds unprofitable and discouraging engagements. For a woman to dream that she binds turpentine to the wound of another, shows she will gain friendships and favor through her benevolent acts.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Turpentine, for example, is made by distilling the sap of pine trees. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The bounty upon pitch was likewise reduced to ?1, and that upon turpentine to ?1:10s. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- 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.
- To 1/2 pound of this mass add 1-3/4 fluid ounces of oil of turpentine. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- In short, the most brittle glass can be wrought almost as easily as brass by the use of cutting-tools kept constantly moist with camphorized oil of turpentine. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Mix the oil and turpentine first, then gradually add the acid. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He dissolved the gum in spirits of turpentine and invented steam-heated rolls for spreading it upon cloth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This crude liquid is collected in barrels and taken to a distillery, where it is distilled into turpentine and rosin. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- And I'd give him somethin' as 'ud turpentine and beeswax his memory for the next ten years or so, if I wos you,' interposed Sam. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The labor can be greatly lessened by moistening the scrubbing cloth with turpentine and applying it to the greasy film, which immediately dissolves and thus can be easily removed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The bounties upon the importation of tar, pitch, and turpentine, underwent, during their continuance, several alterations. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They are then finished by scouring and rubbing over with olive oil and turpentine. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The turpentine is the product which passes off as vapor, and the rosin is the mass left in the boiler after the distillation of the turpentine. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Should the mixture be too thick reduce it with equal parts of linseed oil and oil of turpentine. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
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