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- (亦作oil of turpentine)[mass noun] a volatile pungent oil distilled from gum turpentine or pine wood, used in mixing paints and varnishes and in liniment松节油, 松木油。
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- (亦作crude turpentine或gum turpentine)an oleoresin secreted by certain trees, especially pines, and distilled to make rosin and oil of turpentine松脂。
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- (亦作turpentine tree)any of a number of trees which yield turpentine or a similar resin, in particular产松脂树木, 尤指:
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- a coniferous tree of the pine family (Larix, Pinus, and other genera, family Pinaceae).松树科中的针叶树(落叶松属, 松属及其他属, 松科)。
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- the terebinth.(产松节油的)笃香树。
词源
Middle English: from Old French ter(e)bentine, from Latin ter(e)binthina (resina) '(resin) of the turpentine tree', from terebinthus (see TEREBINTH).