spermaceti

n. 鲸脑油, 鲸蜡 [化] 鲸蜡

发音

UK /ˌspɜːməˈsiːti/
US /spɚməˈsiːti/
US /spɚməˈsɛti/
US /spɚməˈsɪti/
其它 /spɚməˈsɪti/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, etc; humans separate it out from sperm oil.

    鲸蜡

    鲸脑

    不可数

    Holonym: sperm oil

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

wax

相关短语

spermaceti whale spermaceti whales spermaceti organ spermaceti organs sperm whale n. 抹香鲸

词源

From Latin sperma (“sperm”) + Latin cētī (“of the whale”, genitive of cētus).

来源：wiktionary