paraffin
paraffin
noun
noun
- (英 paraffin wax)[mass noun]a flammable, whitish, translucent, waxy solid consisting of a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, obtained by distillation from petroleum or shale and used in candles, cosmetics, polishes, and sealing and waterproofing compounds
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■(亦作 paraffin oil 或 liquid paraffin)(Brit.)a colourless, flammable, oily liquid similarly obtained and used as fuel, especially kerosene
(英)煤油
■[count noun](Chemistry). old-fashioned term for alkane
(化 旧)。 同 alkane
- mid 19th cent.: from German, from Latin parum 'little' + affinis 'relate' (from its low reactivity)
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