kerosene
煤油,煤油类,火油,煤炭
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Definitions
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- : a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
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- : using or fueled by kerosene: a kerosene lamp.
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Examples
Despite living without electricity and studying by the light of a kerosene lamp at night, he made it to the University of Cambridge, where he studied chemistry.
Living with his entire family in a one-room home with no running water or electricity as a child, the young Chibale studied at night by the light of a kerosene lamp and against all odds made it into Cambridge, where he studied chemistry.
He throws kerosene on the controversies that divide the nation.
Planes dropped kerosene bombs from the skies, according to witnesses and a 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission that studied the massacre.
Currently, SAF costs between three and four times more than traditional kerosene fuel, while e-fuels can be between six and seven times more expensive than kerosene.
The Russians had developed a very powerful, very reliable, and relatively simple liquid oxygen/kerosene engine.
The cozy days of lighting the Hofburg Palace with kerosene rather than electricity had come to an abrupt end.
Franz Joseph lit the Hofburg Palace with kerosene lamps and viewed the telephone as a nuisance.
He awoke to dogs barking and gunshots, he said, and turned on a kerosene lantern to see what was going on.
Small homes often have only kerosene lamps to provide light, which spew toxins equivalent to two packs of cigarettes a day.