1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere) + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).
雙語例句
1. The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead.
空氣中散發著煤油味，巨型飛機在頭頂隆隆地響著。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies.
泄漏的煤油污染了水源。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.
這就像用煤油滅火.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.