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cresol

/kree-sawl, -sol/US // ˈkri sɔl, -sɒl //UK // (ˈkriːsɒl) //

甲酚,甲醇,甲酚类,甲酚类物质

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C7H8O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.

Examples

  • Crsylite is a French explosive, and contains picric acid and nitrated cresol.

  • The water in these buckets is not meant for drinking, and therefore contains a little cresol to prevent prisoners drinking it.

  • The floor and the lower part of the chambers are treated with cresol; the upper part is whitewashed.

  • They are arranged over cesspools 18 feet deep, disinfected every day with whitewash and cresol, and are quite odourless.

  • Among the substances deserving mention under this head we have indol, skatol, cresol, and phenol.