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油
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Definitions
- 1. oil
- 2. fat
- 3. grease
- 4. petroleum
- 5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
- 6. oily
- 7. greasy
- 8. glib
- 9. cunning
Example Sentences
1 shown給鬆餅機塗上 油 。
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Words Containing 油
avocado (Persea americana)
China National Petroleum Corporation
oil paints
oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
grease
grease trap
to economize on gasoline
oil refinery
oil bearing rock
tanker (ship)
poor in oil
sly
lubricating oil
engine oil
dripping with oil
to extract oil from vegetables
oily sweat
fuel oil
deep-fried cake
chrism
essential oil
oil shale
basted (of meat etc)
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[mián yáng], north Sichuan
butter
lard
Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
bath oil
vegetable oil
carburetor
diesel fuel
Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
to oil
to pour heated oil and seasonings over food (e.g. a cooked fish)
oil massage
Tiger Balm (medicine)
(lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar
liquefied petroleum gas
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
oil shortage
oily
oil tank (of ship)
hydrogenated oil
margarine
cod liver oil
Chinese red pine
aniline oil
hydrogenated oil
to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
crude oil
napalm
coal tar
gasoline
doughnut
grease
salad oil
British Petroleum, BP
slick customer
Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
lard
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
pound cake
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech)
oil palm
oil sand (mining)
glossy
sleek
butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
animal fat
triglyceride
oil extraction
scallion pancake
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[mián yáng], north Sichuan
oil tanker truck
dipstick
deep-fried doughcake
waterproof shoes
broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵|𰻝𰻝面[biáng biáng miàn]
cream sponge
cream
triglyceride
margarine
coconut oil
fuel consumption
pound cake
dense and sticky substance
light petroleum (product)
range hood
vegetable cooking oil
mugwort leaf oil (TCM)
chrism
soy sauce
hair steamer
greasy food; oily food
margarine
accelerator (pedal)
biodiesel
fuel depot
oil pump
to open the throttle
balm
tarred road
to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer
to buy soy sauce
meat foods
petroleum ether
cream
China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)
oil
diesel engine
humorous poem
nitroglycerine
tarred road
glossy black
frying oil
(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
to add oil
butter
affluent
virgin olive oil
oily
greasy dirt
oil sump
coal liquefaction
diesel engine
oleic acid
oil-producing countries
oil lamp
sunscreen
oil refinery
fuel consumption
(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
eucalyptus oil
whipped cream
mineral spirits
lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
reused cooking oil
glossy
shoe polish
naphtha
soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
shoe polish
soy bean oil
Chevron Corporation
gasoline engine
greasy dirt
to extract (vegetable) oil; oil extraction
peppermint oil
oil sheet
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
oil and gas
(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
eloquent and cunning
nitroglycerine
lard
to anoint
oil tank
oyster sauce
kerosene
to grease
handsome but effeminate man
(oil) tanker
to accelerate
lit. to add oil and vinegar
sesame oil
butter
soot
fuel supply system
anoint
(dialect) kerosene
Iraq Oil for Food Program
Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii)
prawn sauce
glyceraldehyde (CH2O)3
cream
arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
crafty fellow
grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid
imported oil
olive oil
country poor in oil
sheep's fat
triglyceride
glycerine
dipstick
to deep fry
fuel nozzle
to mimeograph
oilseed rape (Brassica campestris)
turpentine
gas station attendant
to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)
Tar Heel state
a variety of chicken
nail polish
containing oil
volatile oil (in general)
splatter screen
printing ink
(slang) alternative for 哎呦[āi yōu] \oh my!\
putty knife
glossy
sb who is easy to deal with
illegally recycled waste cooking oil
asphalt
to sauté
British Petroleum, BP
nectarine
margarine
rapeseed oil
oilseed
palm oil
gas station
youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
oil painting
petrochemistry
fuel oil
soothing ointment
oil field
light petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
oilfields and gasfields
tar
greasy
lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea
oil sump
a deep fryer
oil well
synthetic oil
petroleum wax
oil tank
petroleum pipeline
sesame oil
to add interest (to a story)
refined oil
cooking oil
sweet snack made from glutinous rice, sugar and honey, common in Changsha 長沙|长沙[cháng shā], Hunan
leaf fat
lush green; verdant
Youxuan, a kind of a pastry
essential balm containing menthol, eucalyptus oil etc, used as a mosquito repellant
Indian lettuce
cooking oil
sesame oil
tarpaulin
(of food) to absorb oil
(petrochemistry) heavy oil
to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
varnish
chili oil
oil (petroleum) price
creamed cauliflower
Worcestershire sauce
oil spill
oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc)
glycerine suppository
glib
to take advantage of sb