Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - oil
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Oil
oil
~1 n 1 a smooth thick mineral liquid that is burned to produce heat, or used to make machines run easily (Check the oil level in your car every week. | oil-burning/oil-fired) (oil-fired central heating) 2 the thick, dark liquid from under the ground from which oil and petrol are produced; petroleum (the oil industry) 3 a smooth, thick liquid made from plants or animals, used in cooking or for making beauty products (olive oil | coconut oil shampoo) 4 oils paints that contain oil; oil paints (in oils) (Mostly I paint in oils.) (- see also burn the midnight oil burn1 (24), pour oil on troubled waters pour (8)) ~2 v 1 to put oil into or onto something, such as a machine, in order to make it work more smoothly (Isabel went upstairs to oil the attic lock and door hinges.) 2 oil the wheels to help something to be done in business, politics etc successfully and easily
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(oils, oiling, oiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Oil is a smooth, thick liquid that is used as a fuel and for making the parts of machines move smoothly. Oil is found underground. The company buys and sells about 600,000 barrels of oil a day. ...the rapid rise in prices for oil and petrol. ...a small oil lamp. N-MASS 2. If you oil something, you put oil onto or into it, for example to make it work smoothly or to protect it. A crew of assistants oiled and adjusted the release mechanism until it worked perfectly... VERB: V n 3. Oil is a smooth, thick liquid made from plants and is often used for cooking. Combine the beans, chopped mint and olive oil in a large bowl... N-MASS: usu n N 4. Oil is a smooth, thick liquid, often with a pleasant smell, that you rub into your skin or add to your bath. Try a hot bath with some relaxing bath oil... N-MASS: usu supp N 5. Oils are oil paintings. Her colourful oils and works on paper have a naive, dreamlike quality. N-COUNT: usu pl 6. When an artist paints in oils, he or she uses oil paints. When she paints in oils she always uses the same range of colours. N-PLURAL 7. see also castor oil, crude oil, olive oil 8. If someone or something oils the wheels of a process or system, they help things to run smoothly and successfully. On all such occasions, the king stands in the wings, oiling the wheels of diplomacy. PHRASE: V inflects 9. to burn the midnight oil: see midnight ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin oleum olive ~, from Greek elaion, from elaia olive Date: 13th century 1. a. any of numerous unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or can be liquefied easily on warming, are soluble in ether but not in water, and leave a greasy stain on paper or cloth b. (1) petroleum (2) the petroleum industry 2. a substance (as a cosmetic preparation) of ~y consistency bath ~ 3. a. an ~ color used by an artist b. a painting done in ~ colors 4. unctuous or flattering speech II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to smear, rub over, furnish, or lubricate with ~ intransitive verb to take on fuel ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (see also essential oil, fixed oil, mineral oil, volatile oil). 2 US petroleum. 3 (in comb.) using oil as fuel (oil-heater). 4 a (usu. in pl.) = oil-paint. b colloq. a picture painted in oil-paints. 5 (in pl.) = OILSKIN. --v. 1 tr. apply oil to; lubricate. 2 tr. impregnate or treat with oil (oiled silk). 3 tr. & intr. supply with or take on oil as fuel. 4 tr. & intr. make (butter, grease, etc.) into or (of butter etc.) become an oily liquid. Phrases and idioms oil-bird a guacharo. oil drum a metal drum used for transporting oil. oiled silk silk made waterproof with oil. oil engine an engine driven by the explosion of vaporized oil mixed with air. oil-fired using oil as fuel. oil a person's hand (or palm) bribe a person. oil-lamp a lamp using oil as fuel. oil-meal ground oilcake. oil of vitriol see VITRIOL. oil-paint (or -colour) a mix of ground colour pigment and oil. oil-painting 1 the art of painting in oil-paints. 2 a picture painted in oil-paints. oil-palm either of two trees, Elaeis guineensis of W. Africa, or E. oleifera of the US, from which palm oil is extracted. oil-pan an engine sump. oil-paper a paper made transparent or waterproof by soaking in oil. oil-press an apparatus for pressing oil from seeds etc. oil rig a structure with equipment for drilling an oil well. oil-sand a stratum of porous rock yielding petroleum. oil-seed any of various seeds from cultivated crops yielding oil, e.g. rape, peanut, or cotton. oil-shale a fine-grained rock from which oil can be extracted. oil-slick a smooth patch of oil, esp. one on the sea. oil-tanker a ship designed to carry oil in bulk. oil one's tongue say flattering or glib things. oil well a well from which mineral oil is drawn. oil the wheels help make things go smoothly. well oiled colloq. very drunk. Derivatives oilless adj. Etymology: ME oli, oile f. AF, ONF olie = OF oile etc. f. L oleum (olive) oil f. olea olive ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) масло (растительное, минеральное, смазочное) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть (все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые из скважин, и конденсаты, извлекаемые из природного газа) 5) нефтепродукты 6) текст. замасливатель замасливать 7) жидкий жир (рыб и морских млекопитающих) 8) масляная краска oil in place — нефть, предположительно находящаяся в коллекторе; oil in reserve — нефтепродукт, заполняющий систему заводских трубопроводов; oil in storage — избыточная (не отправленная потребителям) нефть; to drain oil — спускать масло; to flood oil toward a production well — вытеснять нефть (водой) к добывающей скважине; to hold back oil in the reservoir — удерживать нефть в коллекторе; to knock down oil — сепарировать воду от нефти; to make oil — добывать нефть; to run oil — измерять количество нефти в резервуаре и подавать её в трубопрокод; to skim off oil — собирать нефть, разлившуюся на поверхности воды; to spit oil — периодически фонтанировать (о добывающей скважине); to strike oil — обнаруживать месторождение нефти; to top up with oil — заливать (напр. гидроаппарат) маслом; to weather off oil — выпускать лёгкие фракции нефти в атмосферу из хранилища oil of balni — мелиссовое масло oil of Siberian fir — хвойное масло - A oil - abandoned...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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масло; смазочный материал, смазка нефть; нефтепродукт banana oil bodied linseed oil boiled linseed oil bone oil coal tar oil creosote oil crude oil flux oil form oil fuel oil heat transfer oil linseed oil mineral oil mold oil paint oil raw linseed oil residual oil road oil rosin oil silicone oil tar oil thick oil thin oil transformer oil tung oil used oil working oil ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) вымасливать 2) замасливать 3) масло 4) маслобойный 5) маслоотводный 6) маслосъемный 7) маслоуказательный 8) масляный 9) нефть 10) нефтяной 11) пропитывать 12) размасливать 13) смазка 14) смазывать 15) тартальный balakhany crude oil — нефть балаханская burn fuel oil — работать на мазуте electrical insulating oil — электроизоляционное масло furnace fuel oil — топочный мазут give body to oil — загущать масло high-sulphur residual oil — высокосернистый мазут low-viscous residual oil — маловязкий мазут marine residual oil — топочный судовой мазут multitank oil circuit breaker — камерный масляный выключатель oil bath air cleaner — масляный воздухоочиститель oil pump drive gear — шестерня привода масляного насоса oil slick detection radar — РЛС для обнаружения очагов нефтяного загрязнения oil viscosity in reservoir rock — энерг. вязкость пластовой нефти single-tank oil circuit breaker — баковый масляный выключатель sleeper impregnation oil — шпалопропиточное масло steam cylinder oil — энерг. вапор used crankcase oil — тех. масло автомобильное отработанное varnish linseed oil — льняное лаковое масло - Kukruze oil shale - acetone oil - animal oil - aviation oil - axle oil - body of oil - boiler oil - cable oil - carbolic oil - castor oil - catalyzed oil - centrifugal oil cleaner - clean oil - coconut oil - compounded oil - condenser oil - copolymerized oil - corn oil - cottonseed oil - crude oil engine - crude oil - currier's oil - distillate oil - drying oil - edible oil -...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ. 1) масло 2) жир 3) нефть 4) нефтепродукт 5) смазочный материал • - crude oil - deposit of oil - fuel oil - offshore oil - refine oil - strike oil ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. масло (обыкн. растительное или минеральное) vegetable oil —- растительное масло olive oil —- оливковое масло oil of almonds —- миндальное масло animal oil —- животный жир cod-liver oil —- рыбий жир whale oil —- китовый жир blasting oil —- нитроглицерин fatty oils —- жирные масла volatile oils —- эфирные масла oil of bergamot —- бергамотовое масло oil of turpentine —- скипидарное масло Holy oil, oil of turpentine —- скипидарное масло Holy oil, oil of consecration —- церк. (святое) миро; елей oil crop —- с-х. масличная культура; урожай мысличных культур 2. нефть crude oil —- сырая нефть oil film —- нефтяная пленка oil company —- нефтяная компания to refine oil —- очищать нефть to strike oil —- найти нефть, достичь нефтеносного слоя при бурении 3. смазочный материал oil filter —- масляный фильтр oil transformer —- масляный трансформатор please, check my oil —- посмотрите, есть ли у меня масло в моторе 4. вещество, похожее на масло oil of vitriol —- купоросное масло 5. масляная краска landscape in oil —- пейзаж, написанный маслом to paint in oils —- писать маслом 6. картина, написанная масло the exhibiton has more oils than water colors —- на выставке (представлено) больше картин, написанных маслом, чем акварелей 7. разг. сокр. от 8. ам. сл. лесть 9. ам. сл. треп 10. ам. сл. деньги Id: oil and vinegar —- полные противополоности Id:...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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seal tech. сальник OIL tank truck нефтяная автоцистерна OIL tanker танкер OIL of vitriol купоросное масло; OIL 1. noun 1) масло (обыкн. растительное или минеральное); - oil of vitriol - fixed oils - volatile oils 2) нефть 3) жидкая смазка 4) usu. pl. масляная краска; to paint in oil(s) - писать маслом 5) attr. масляный; нефтяной - oil and vinegar - oil of birch to pour oil on troubled waters умиротворять; успокаивать волнение to pour oil on flames подливать масла в огонь 2. v. 1) смазывать; to oil the wheels - смазать колеса; fig. уладить дело (взяткой и т.п.); to oil smb. s hand/fist - подмазать, дать кому-л. взятку 2) пропитывать маслом OIL and vinegar непримиримые противоположности OIL magnate нефтяной король OIL of birch березовая каша, порка OIL of cloves гвоздичное масло OIL tar деготь ...Англо-русский словарь
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gen. comp. abbr. Ontology Interchange Language network. abbr. Optimized Invocation Layer network. abbr. Ontology Inference Layer sport abbr. Outside/ Inside Linebacker NYSE symbols Triton Energy, LTD. ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 12c., from Anglo-Fr. olie, from O.Fr. oile, from L. oleum "oil, olive oil," from Gk. elaion, from elaia (see olive). It meant "olive oil" exclusively till c.1300, when meaning began to be extended to any fatty, greasy substance. Use for "petroleum" first recorded 1526, but not common until 19c. The verb is c.1400, replacing O.E. besmyrian. Oils (1663), short for oil-colour (1539), are paints made by grinding pigment in oil. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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