n. 凡士林,[油气] 矿脂
n. (Vaseline)人名;(德)瓦泽利内
Vaseline 凡士林
来自德语,vas-,水,词源同water,-el,油,词源同oil,-ine,化学名词后缀。因从石油提炼而得名。
The name is of mixed origin, being derived from Wasser, water, and elaion [Greek in the original], oil (water-oil), and indicates the belief of the discoverer that petroleum, the mother of Vaseline, is produced by the agency of heat and pressure from the carbon of certain rocks, and the hydrogen of water. ["The Monthly Review of Dental Surgery," February 1877]