n.
- 油[U]
- 石油，汽油[U]
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Mexico is self-sufficient in
oil.
墨西哥在石油方面可自给自足。
- 油画[C]
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They will auction off a collection of
oils.
他们将拍卖一批收藏的油画。
- 油画颜料[P1]
- 【口】奉承话；恭维话
vt.
- 在……涂油；给……加润滑油
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He
oiled his bicycle.
他给自行车上了油。
- 【口】贿赂
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How dare you
oil the judge!
你怎么竟敢向法官行贿！
vi.
- （油脂等）溶化
短语
pour oil on troubled waters
- 平息风波
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Her children were just at that age when they seemed to quarrel all day long, so she had to learn very quickly how to
pour oil on troubled waters.
她的孩子们正处于似乎整天争吵不休的年龄，因此她得尽快学会如何平息风波。
strike oil
- 找到需要的东西
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We
struck oil with the hotel we went to last year.
去年我们在所住的旅馆得到很好的享受。
辨析
n.
- a viscous liquid derived from petroleum, used especially as a fuel or lubricant.
▸petroleum.
- any of various viscous liquids which are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents and are obtained from animals or plants.
- Chemistry any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are liquid at room temperature. Compare with fat.
- oil paint.
- Austral./NZ informal information or facts.
v.
- lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil.
- supply with oil as fuel.
Phrase
- oil the wheels
Brit. help something go smoothly.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Old North. Fr. olie, OFr. oile, from L. oleum ‘(olive) oil’; cf. olea ‘olive’.
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