English Dictionary

kerosene

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɛɹəsiːn/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

日本語の意味

灯油（とうゆ）：ガソリンより重く、ディーゼル燃料より軽い、石油由来の燃料。主にジェット燃料として使用されるが、寒冷地や貧困地域では暖房や照明用燃料としても利用される。

He lit the old lamp with a small can of kerosene and watched the room fill with a warm glow.

彼は古いランプに小さな灯油缶から注ぎ、部屋が暖かい光で満たされるのを見た。

意味（1）

A thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.

kerosenes （ plural ）