spermaceti

spermaceti

美 　英

• n.鲸蜡
• 网络鲸脑油；鲸油；鲸腊

英汉解释

n.

1. 鲸蜡,鲸脑油

英英解释

n.	1. a white waxy solid.

例句

Whalers once believed that the oily fluid was sperm, but scientists still do not understand the function of spermaceti.

捕鲸的人们一度认为这样油样的液体是精液，但科学家们至今还不清楚它的作用是什么。

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured.

植物蜡（甘油三酯除外）、蜂蜡、其他虫蜡及鲸蜡，不论是否精制或着色。

Sperm whales' heads are filled with a mysterious substance called spermaceti .

抹香鲸的头部中含有一种叫做鲸脑蜡的神秘物质。

Their heads also hold large quantities of a substance called spermaceti.

它们的大脑中还有大量的一种被称做鲸脑的物质。