vaseline

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n. 凡士林 [化] 凡士林

发音

UK /ˈvæ.sə.liːn/
其它
US /ˈvæ.sə.lin/

词形变化

vaselines 复数 vaselines vaselined vaselines 三单 vaselining vaselining 现在分词 vaselined 过去式 vaselined 过去分词

别名

vaselin Vaseline

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any particular kind of petroleum jelly or of any similar lubricant.

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  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of Vaseline glass, or the coloring used in making it.

    可数 非正式 不可数
  3. 3.

    Petroleum jelly.

    凡士林

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v.
  1. 1.

    To lubricate with vaseline.

    Even at this late date, vaselining will preserve the best of these leathers.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

petrolatum petroleum jelly

相关短语

Vaseline glass

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old High German waȥȥar Middle High German wazzer German Wasser Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English vaseline From German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine. Genericized trademark of the Vaseline brand of petroleum jelly introduced by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872.

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