oilman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Somebody (especially a man) involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well.
  2. A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil dated
    — If the wife buys fish or vegetables in the street, as is generally done, she will, at the same time, buy her piece of bacon or cheese at the cheesemonger’s, her small quantity of tea and sugar at the grocer’s, her fire-wood at the oilman’s, or her pound of beef or liver at the butcher’s.

词形变化

oilmen plural

词汇关系

相关词
oiler

词源

Etymology tree
English oil
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English oilman
From oil + -man.
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