| 词组 | paraffin |
| 释义 | benzine • petrol • diesel oil • paraffin • petroleum/oil/crude - How much petrol (AmE gas/gasoline) does your tank hold? (Not *benzine*) (= refined fuel we use in cars) - Dry cleaners now use more modern solvents than benzine. - Diesel engines will only run on diesel (oil). (= a heavy fuel used in place of petrol) - I have a small heater in my greenhouse that runs on paraffin (AmE kerosene). (= a petroleum product used in lamps, heaters, candle-making, etc.) - Saudi Arabia is the world's largest producer of petroleum/oil/crude (oil). (= the basic mineral from which products like petrol, paraffin, etc., are derived) |
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