whale-oil

基本解釋

It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.
它是鯨油的一種便宜的替代品，而鯨油正變得越來越難以獲得。
NUISANCE: As whale oil for lamps became scarce in the 1850s, Canadians converted seeping ground oil into kerosene.
曾是廢棄物：1850年代，點(diǎn)燈用的鯨魚油產(chǎn)量逐漸減少，加拿大人將滲出地面的油轉(zhuǎn)換成煤油。
The American colonies traded goods such as whale oil, ginger, iron, wood, and rum, an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane.
美國殖民地貿(mào)易一些商品如鯨油，生姜，鐵制品，木制品還有糖酒，一種從糖里面釀出來的含酒精的飲品。
They correspond with extraordinary precision to the adoption of substitutes, kerosene for whale oil and steel for whale bone in corsets (the primary commercial reasons behind whaling).
煤油替代鯨魚油，鋼鐵替代做緊身衣（捕鯨業(yè)興起的主要商業(yè)原因）的鯨魚骨。
We may live to see the extinction of the whale.
人類或許能親眼見到鯨的滅絕。