单词whale oil
na.: 鲸油
鲸油
Although Westerners were once reliant on whale oil for lighting, we never actually ran out of whales.
虽然西方人曾经依赖于鲸鱼油来照明，但是我们事实上从未杀光鲸鱼。
For me, these ghost towns of rusty flensing platforms, boilers, chimneys, and whale-oil storage tanks were poignant.
对我而言，这些生锈的解剖台、锅炉、烟囱和鲸油存储罐充斥的“鬼镇”是一段惨痛的记忆。
The refined kerosene could be used in lamps, replacing the more expensive whale oil.
精制的煤油可用于油灯，替代了更昂贵的鲸油。
From the 18th through the mid-19th century, whale oil provided light to much of the Western world.
从18世纪至19实际中叶，鲸鱼油为大部分的西方世界提供了光。
But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price.
而且鲸的数量在减少，鲸脂油的价格在上升。
Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.
按照这样的思维下去，如果没有鲸鱼油，世界将会倒退回黑暗时代。
In electrical Prior to becoming a household energy, housing and have used whale oil lighting.
在电成为一种日用能源之前，房屋曾用鲸油照明。
And whale oil lit practically every building.
几乎所有建筑燃料都是鲸油。
It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.
它是鲸油的一种便宜的代替品，然而鲸油正变得越来越难以取得。