palm oil

短语

[化] 棕榈油 [经] 棕榈油

发音

AU

词形变化

palm oils 复数

别名

palm-oil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).

    棕榈油

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Money given as a bribe.

    可数 俚语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

oil vegetable oil

整体词 2

palm kernel palm nut

词源

In the sense of a bribe, the phrase is a punning reference to the palm of the hand and also to oil as lubricant rather than foodstuff.

来源：wiktionary