鲸油

不久之前，鲸油还在市场上独占鳌头

Until recently , whale oil cornered the market .

它是鲸油的一种便宜的替代品，而鲸油正变得越来越难以获得。

It was a cheap substitute for whale oil , which was becoming harder to get .

过去人们常常为了鲸肉和鲸油杀害蓝鲸。

Now nobody is allowed to kill the blue whales .

一种用樟脑、鲸油、蓖麻油和蜡混合而成的蜡膏。

A cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil .

捕鲸及提炼鲸油业猎获、杀死及加工鲸鱼的行当

" The business or practice of hunting , killing , and processing whales . "

人们捕鲸是为了获得宝贵的鲸油、鲸肉和鲸骨。

Men went whaling to get the valuable oil , meat , and bones of whale .

脑袋中有一个含鲸油及鲸蜡的大空腔的大型鲸；也是龙涎香的来源。

Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil ; also a source of ambergris .

大型水生须鲸；由于其鲸须和鲸油的价值高而被称为好鲸。

Large arctic whalebone whale ; allegedly the ` right ' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil .

煤油被用来点灯。它是鲸油的一种便宜的替代品，而鲸油正变得越来越难以获得。

Kerosene was used to light lamps.It was a cheap substitute for whale oil , which was becoming harder to get .

当然不能用橄榄油，植物性的发油，蓖麻油，也不能用熊油，更不能用普通鲸油和鳘鱼肝油喽。

Certainly it cannot be olive oil , nor macassar oil , nor castor oil , nor bear 's oil , nor train oil , nor cod-liver oil .

死鲸引来大量好奇民众围观。老老少少都爬上流满鲸油的岩石，勇敢地向前探著头，注视著这具巨大的畜体。

The whale has drawn huge crowds of curious onlookers , with young and old climbing over rocks slickened by rotting whale fat and braving a powerful stench to gawk at the giant carcass .

在剧本《鲸油》中，肯尼船长执意要等到冰层融化，获得足够多的鲸油之后，才肯打道回府，因为在他三十多年的捕鲸历史中，他是他们家乡最成功的捕鲸手。

In Ile , Captain Kenny persists stubbornly in staying on until the ice melts and they get sufficient whale oil , just because he has been acclaimed as the most successful whaler for thirty years in his whaling career .