青年中文whale-oil的意思
whale-oil中文翻譯：
鯨脂油
whale───n.(Whale)（愛）惠爾（人名）；v.（非正式）毆打；捕鯨；使慘敗；n.鯨；巨大的東西
fair whale───n.馬克·華菲（一個以深海鯨魚命名的時尚品牌）
orca whale───虎鯨
wendy whale───溫迪鯨
whale shark───[魚]鯨鯊
sperm whale───n.抹香鯨；巨頭鯨；[脊椎]抹香鯨（等于Physetercatodon）
whale fall───鯨落
a whale───鯨魚
whale pictures───鯨魚圖片
Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.───這樣的思維下去，如果沒有鯨魚油，世界將會倒退回黑暗時代。
Kerosene refined from such petroleum helped displace the whale oil that lit lamps in the 19th century and led to the near extinction of many whale species.───19世紀，人類成功從石油中提煉出煤油，煤油代替了鯨油，使得許多鯨類免受滅絕的厄運。
For me, these ghost towns of rusty flensing platforms, boilers, chimneys, and whale-oil storage tanks were poignant.───對我而言，這些以銹跡斑斑的解剖臺、鍋爐、煙囪和鯨魚油罐搭建起來的幽靈城堡則無疑是一種難言之殤。
Although Westerners were once reliant on whale oil for lighting, we never actually ran out of whales.───雖然西方人曾經依賴于鯨魚油來照明，但是我們事實上從未殺光鯨魚。
For me, these ghost towns of rusty flensing platforms, boilers, chimneys, and whale-oil storage tanks were poignant.───對我而言，這些生銹的解剖臺、鍋爐、煙囪和鯨油存儲罐充斥的“鬼鎮”是一段慘痛的記憶。
The refined kerosene could be used in lamps, replacing the more expensive whale oil.───精制的煤油可用于油燈，替代了更昂貴的鯨油。
From the 18th through the mid-19th century, whale oil provided light to much of the Western world.───從18世紀至19實際中葉，鯨魚油為大部分的西方世界提供了光。
But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price.───而且鯨的數量在減少，鯨脂油的價格在上升。
Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.───按照這樣的思維下去，如果沒有鯨魚油，世界將會倒退回黑暗時代。