oil

油; [pl. ]油类

石油

[常用复]油画颜料; 油画作品

[常用复]油布; 油布雨衣(裤)

[美俚]恭维话; 油滑的话; 废话; (贪污的)钱财

oil

any of a number of viscous liquids with a smooth sticky feel. They are usually flammable, insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents, and are obtained from plants and animals, from mineral deposits, and by synthesis. They are used as lubricants, fuels, perfumes, foodstuffs, and raw materials for chemicalsSee essential oil See fixed oil

another name for petroleum.(as modifier)

any of a number of substances usually derived from petroleum and used for lubrication.(in combination).(as modifier)

Also called: fuel oil a petroleum product used as a fuel in domestic heating, industrial furnaces, marine engines, etc

paraffin, esp when used as a domestic fuel.(as modifier)

any substance of a consistency resembling that of oil

the solvent, usually linseed oil, with which pigments are mixed to make artists' paints

oil colour or paint.(as modifier)

an oil painting

to lubricate, smear, polish, etc, with oil or an oily substance

to bribe (esp in the phrase oil someone's palm)

See well-oiled