dinosaur juice

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any liquid (gasoline, diesel, mineral oil etc.) derived from fossil fuels (especially petroleum), commonly used in vehicles as fuel or lubricant.

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词源

From a humorous association of the term fossil fuel with dinosaurs. This is technically incorrect, since petroleum is derived primarily from fossilized zooplankton and algae.

来源：wiktionary