Dầu

mineral oil

dầu khoáng

vegetable oil

dầu thực vật

( số nhiều) tranh sơn dầu

(thông tục) sự nịnh nọt, sự phỉnh nịnh

to burn the midnight oil

thức khuya học tập (làm việc)

to pour oil upon troubled water

Xem pour

to pour (throw) oil on the flames

lửa cháy đổ dầu thêm

to smell of oil

chứng tỏ làm việc chăm chỉ, thức khuya dậy sớm

to strike oil

Xem strike

oil and vinegar

nước và lửa; mặt trăng mặt trời; chó và mèo

Tra dầu, bôi dầu, lau dầu

Thấm dầu, ngấm dầu

oiled sardines

cá hộp dầu

Biến thành dầu

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đút lót, hối lộ

Biến thành dầu

to oil someone's palm

mua chuộc ai, hối lộ ai

to oil one's tongue

nịnh hót, tán khéo

to oil the wheels

(nghĩa bóng) đút lót, hối lộ

dầu mỡ sơn dầu

dầu

Giải thích EN: A general term for any of a wide variety of greasy, viscous, combustible substances that are liquid at room temperature or when slightly warmed and insoluble in water; such substances may be derived from animal, vegetable, or mineral sources.  .

Giải thích VN: Từ dùng chung cho các chất dễ cháy, nhớt, và nhờn, có dạng lòng ở nhiệt độ phòng hoặc nhiệt độ cao hơn không đáng kể và không tan trong nước, những chất này có thể láy từ động thực vật hoặc các nguồn khoáng vật.

dầu hỏa

dầu khoáng

dầu mỡ

dầu thực vật

nhớt

sơn dầu

tra dầu

bôi trơn

chế biến dầu

dầu

dầu mỏ

điều chế dầu

đút lót

hối lộ

Lubricant, grease, lubricator, unguent: A little oil willstop that squeak.

Fuel: Miraculously, the lamp burned foreight days with only one day's supply of oil.

V.

Lubricate, grease: Oil the bearings or they will burnout.

N.

Any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammableliquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (seealso essential oil, fixed oil, mineral oil, volatile oil).

USpetroleum.

(in comb.) using oil as fuel (oil-heater).

A(usu. in pl.) = oil-paint. b colloq. a picture painted inoil-paints.

(in pl.) = OILSKIN.

V.

Tr. apply oil to;lubricate.

Tr. impregnate or treat with oil (oiled silk).

Tr. & intr. supply with or take on oil as fuel.

Tr. & intr.make (butter, grease, etc.) into or (of butter etc.) become anoily liquid.

A picturepainted in oil-paints. oil-palm either of two trees, Elaeisguineensis of W. Africa, or E. oleifera of the US, from whichpalm oil is extracted. oil-pan an engine sump. oil-paper apaper made transparent or waterproof by soaking in oil.oil-press an apparatus for pressing oil from seeds etc. oil riga structure with equipment for drilling an oil well. oil-sand astratum of porous rock yielding petroleum. oil-seed any ofvarious seeds from cultivated crops yielding oil, e.g. rape,peanut, or cotton. oil-shale a fine-grained rock from which oilcan be extracted. oil-slick a smooth patch of oil, esp. one onthe sea. oil-tanker a ship designed to carry oil in bulk. oilone's tongue say flattering or glib things. oil well a wellfrom which mineral oil is drawn. oil the wheels help makethings go smoothly. well oiled colloq. very drunk.