喜樂美語

核心畫面

Think of a thick, smooth, slippery liquid that doesn't mix with water — it coats things, makes them slide, and can be burned for heat. Whether it comes from a plant, from under the ground, or goes onto a machine, every use circles back to this one slick, liquid.

可以想成一種濃稠、滑順、不溶於水的液體——它會裹住東西、讓表面變滑、還能燒來生熱。不論它來自植物、來自地底,還是被抹…更多收起可以想成一種濃稠、滑順、不溶於水的液體——它會裹住東西、讓表面變滑、還能燒來生熱。不論它來自植物、來自地底,還是被抹到機器上,oil 的每種用法都繞回這一種「油滑的液體」這個畫面。

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抹油這個動作（動詞）

把名詞的「油」當動作用:拿那種滑順的液體去塗、去抹某樣東西。

oil (lubricate a machine) · verb · A2

To put oil onto a moving part of a machine so it runs more smoothly.

上油

Also in this word

cooking oil · noun · A2

A thick liquid made from plants or animals, used for cooking or on the skin.

油（食用／植物）

petroleum · noun · A2

The thick dark liquid found deep under the ground, used to make petrol and many fuels.

石油

lubricant or fuel oil · noun · A2

A smooth thick liquid used to help machines run easily or burned to make heat.

機油；燃油

oils (oil paints) · noun · B1

In the plural 'oils': paints that have oil in them, used by artists.

油畫顏料

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Oilname

  • 1

    A surname from Indonesian

  • 2

    A township in Perry County, Indiana, United States, named after Oil Creek (Ohio River tributary).

oilnoun詞源 1/ɔɪl/

  • 1

    Liquid fat.

  • 2

    Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

  • 3

    Petroleum.

    • Oil is found in countries such as Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.
    • The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.
  • 4

    An oil painting.

    • Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.
  • 5

    Oil paint.

    • I prefer to paint in oil

oilverb詞源 2/ɔɪl/

  • 1

    To lubricate with oil.

    • Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
    • Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion.
  • 2

    To grease with oil for cooking.

  • 3

    To fuel with oil.

  • 4

    To say in an unctuous manner.

    • "Do you need a drink?" oils Robert Ryan to the disinterested Stanwyck in Clash By Night; "Let's say that's what I need," she sneers back.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。