oil
n
1 [U] any of various thick slippery liquids that do not mix with water and (usu) burn easily,obtained from animals, plants, minerals, etc 油
`coconut,`sunflower, `vegetable, etc oil 椰子、 葵花籽、 菜籽...油
,olive `oil 橄欖油 * `cooking oil 食用油
,cod-liver `oil 魚肝油 * `salad oil 色拉油.
2 [U]
(a) petroleum found in rock underground 石油
drilling for oil in the desert 在沙漠中鉆探石油.
(b) (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞) form of petroleum used as fuel, as a lubricant, etc (用作燃料、 潤滑劑等的)油
an `oil-heater/-lamp/-stove 油加熱器[燈/爐]
Put some oil in the car. 給汽車加潤滑油.
3 [C] (infml 口) picture painted in oil-colours 油畫.
4 oils [pl] paints made by mixing colouring matter in oil 油畫顏料: paint in oils 畫油畫.
5 (idm 習語) burn the midnight oil => burn2. pour oil on the flames => pour. pour oil on troubled waters => pour. strike lucky/oil/gold => strike2. oil, v [Tn]
1 put oil on or into (sth) (eg to make part of a machine run smoothly); lubricate 給(某物)加潤滑油; 用油潤滑
oil a lock, one's bicycle, a stiff hinge 給鎖、 自己的自行車、 不靈活的合葉上油.
2 (idm 習語) oil the `wheels make things go smoothly by behaving tactfully or craftily 用圓滑手段使事情順利進行.