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
- : 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
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.
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