英：[ˌspɜ:mə'setɪ]
美：[ˌspɜmə'setɪ]
spermaceti如何读
spermaceti是什么意思
- n.鲸脑；鲸腊
spermaceti自然拼读
sper·ma·cet·i
spuhr m si taI [or] spuhr m si ti [or] spuhr m se taI [or] spuhr m se ti
spermaceti英英释义
noun
a white waxy substance obtained from oil in the head of a sperm whale, used in candles, cosmetics, and ointments.
spermaceti词源中文解释
"这是一种存在于某些鲸鱼头部的蜡质、脂肪质物质，起源于15世纪晚期的 spermacete，用于指代药用的龙涎香，源自中世纪拉丁语的 sperma ceti，意为"鲸鱼的精子，鲸鱼的种子"（新鲜时它的外观有点像精子，过去也被视为精子），来自拉丁语的 sperma "种子，精液"（参见 sperm）+ ceti，是 cetus "鲸鱼，大型海洋动物"的所有格（参见 Cetacea）。在古代，这种物质被赋予了药用属性，同时也被用作蜡烛油。
使用... Sperma Cete ana 与红葡萄酒，当你变老时。[乔治·里普利爵士，"炼金术的复合物，" 1471]
科学家们仍然不确定它具体有什么作用。以前也在方言或者被误解的形式中使用 parmacety 等。Sperm whale，是 spermaceti whale 的简称，早在1793年就有了。相关的： Spermacetic。
spermaceti_医学行业词汇
鲸蜡：从抹香鲸(Physeter macrocephalus)头部得到的蜡质，白色半透明，稍滑腻，有结晶状裂痕和珍珠样光泽，用于软膏制剂，如冷霜和玫瑰水软膏
spermaceti_水产行业词汇
鲸蜡
从抹香鲸等海产哺乳动物头部提取的液体状蜡，可用做钟表和精密仪表的润滑剂。
spermaceti词源英文解释
Middle English sperma cete, from Medieval Latin sperma ceti whale sperm
The first known use of spermaceti was in the 15th century
spermaceti儿童词典英英释义
sphagnumnoun
any of a large genus of mosses that usually grow in wet areas (as bogs) and become compacted with other plant matter to form peat
a mass of sphagnum plants
spew1 of 2verb
to send or come out in a flood or gush
spew2 of 2noun
matter that is spewed out
spermicidenoun
a preparation or substance (as in a contraceptive) used to kill sperm
spermicidenoun
a preparation or substance (as in a contraceptive) used to kill sperm
spermatozoonnoun
sperm sense 2
spermatozoonnoun
sperm sense 2
spermatogenesisnoun
the process of male gamete formation including meiosis and formation of sperm cells
spermatogenesisnoun
the process of male gamete formation including meiosis and formation of sperm cells
spermatidnoun
any of the cells produced in meiosis that form sperm cells
spermacetinoun
a waxy solid obtained from the oil of some sea-dwelling mammals and especially the sperm whale and used mostly in the past in ointments, cosmetics, and candles
spermaceti医学词典英英释义
spermacetinoun
a waxy solid obtained from the oil of cetaceans and especially sperm whales and used especially formerly in pharmacology as a constituent of ointments
spermaceti 例句
1 Bridget, a late importation from Belfast, who had charge of the culinary department, was told to send for some vermicelli to put in the soup, but she ordered spermaceti instead.
2 In the improved lights the best spermaceti oil and the Argand lamp have been introduced.
3 Their heads also hold large quantities of a substance called spermaceti.
它们的大脑中还有大量的一种被称做鲸脑的物质。
4 A century before that, this was the capital of the global whaling industry, where liquid spermaceti wax was harvested from the skulls of the leviathans, for processing into candles and lamp oil.
5 Before the war, the dock-yards of Nantucket were ringing with the busy sound of adze and hammer, rope-walks covered the island, and two hundred keels sailed yearly in quest of spermaceti.
6 It also had a smaller version of the sperm whale’s signature feature, the block-shaped head that cradles a spermaceti organ.
7 Photo Gallery: Whales Sperm whales'heads are filled with a mysterious substance called spermaceti.
鲸鱼图片 美术馆 .巨头鲸(抹香鲸)的头部充满一种神秘的物质叫做鲸脑.
8 Here would, or should, be found a cavity filled with a delicate cellular tissue, containing ten or a dozen large barrels full of the purest spermaceti.
9 The tightness of the plaiting varies with the material used for the candle, wicks for stearine being looser than for paraffin, but tighter than for wax or spermaceti.
10 Whales also use two oil-filled tubes, the spermaceti organ, which bounces sound off the back of the head and the junk, a segmented tube in the front of the head.
11 The last scientific contribution to the matter was the discovery by an analytical chemist, Dr. Pinkus, that the waxy mixture of which the bust is composed consists in definite proportion of spermaceti.
12 They were nearly decimated by the whaling industry in the 19th and 20th centuries because of the prized waxy substance found in their heads, spermaceti, that was used in oil lamps, lubricants and candles.
13 As recently as the nineteen-seventies, General Motors used spermaceti in its transmission fluid.
14 The oldest materials employed for making candles are beeswax and tallow, while among those of more recent introduction are spermaceti, stearine and paraffin wax.
15 The spermaceti is full of a waxy substance that was originally thought to be the animal’s sperm (hence the name).
16 “On the 22nd January, 1842, we sailed from England, and after a tedious and perilous voyage arrived at our fishing ground, and prepared for our campaign against the ‘spermaceti.’
17 Mrs. Carter sent him over some spermaceti candles—"large clear & very elegant."
18 One favorite additive was “spermaceti,” which comes from the head of the sperm whale, Lawson says.
19 It has very recently been ascertained that a valuable substance resembling spermaceti may be expressed from the carcase, and for this purpose powerful screw presses are now employed.
20 The toothed whale has a large square head with a cavity that contains the so - called spermaceti.
锯齿鲸拥有很大的头颅.在头颅的腔里含有 所谓 的鲸脑油.