基本释义
n. 石蜡;[有化] 链烷烃;硬石蜡
vt. 用石蜡处理;涂石蜡于…
星级词汇
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助记提示
1. *pau- “few, little; small, young” => paraffin, few, poor, puerility, paucity, parvi-, foal, Paul, poco, pullet, pony, pullulate, pusillanimous, pauper, poverty, (pais (genitive paidos) “child” => ped- “child”), puerile.
2. *pau- “few, little; small, young” => few, poor, puer “child”, pauper, foal, Paul, ped- “child”.
3. So called because paraffin is chemically not closely related to other substances.
4. 蜡烛就是由石蜡制成的。
5. 石蜡主要是从石油中提炼出来的,故名石蜡。
英文词源
paraffin 石蜡,煤油
来自拉丁语parum,一点点,不多,来自PIE*pau,少的,词源同few,poor.-affin,相似,词源同affinity,finite.来自该物质发明者19世纪德国化学家Karl von Reichenbach根据拉丁语创造出来的一个词,因石蜡与蜂蜡有一点相似而得名,后也用于指煤油。