whale oil
常見例句
- But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price.
而且鯨的數(shù)量在減少,鯨脂油的價格在上陞。 - Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.
按照這樣的思維下去,如果沒有鯨魚油,世界將會倒退廻黑暗時代。 - "They're so under threat from climate change, from noise pollution," he went on. "Until 1859 the whole world was lit by whale oil.
作者Philip Hoare說:“鯨魚神秘莫測,他們時時処在氣候變化的威脇之下,承受著各種聲音的汙染,在1859年之前,鯨魚的魚油是地球上照明的主要能源,人類對鯨魚的影響是巨大的,同樣鯨魚們也深深地影響著人類?!?/li>權(quán)威例句
- The other side of the Atlantic experienced a shortage of whale oil used for illumination.
FORBES: Magazine Article - That is a fancy way of saying that Oil Creek Valley put the whale oil industry out of business.
FORBES: The Pennsylvania Start-up That Changed The World - We ran out of whale oil but found petroleum.
FORBES: Magazine Article 返回 whale oil