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turpentine

/tur-puhn-tahyn/US // ˈtɜr pənˌtaɪn //UK // (ˈtɜːpənˌtaɪn) //

松节油,松脂,松油,松节水

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, especially the longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and yielding a volatile oil and a resin when distilled.
    • : Also called Chian turpentine. an oleoresin exuded by the terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus.
    • : oil of turpentine.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tur·pen·tined, tur·pen·tin·ing.

    • : to treat with turpentine; apply turpentine to.
    • : to gather or take crude turpentine from.

Examples

  • Highsmith often said that her mother had told her that she’d tried to abort her by drinking turpentine.

  • It tastes a little like turpentine, but loses this taste more and more the riper it gets.

  • He washed the cement floor with the hose, and while waiting for it to dry he rinsed his brushes in turpentine.

  • In addition, dyes, wood turpentine, dry ice and various insecticides are produced in Virginia.

  • If you put a little siccative de Harlem in it, or use any picture varnish thinned with turpentine, it will serve well enough.

  • Spirits of turpentine rubbed in around the base of the horns, will arrest the disease in its incipient stages.