palm oil

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). countable,uncountable
    — Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
  2. Money given as a bribe. countable,slang,uncountable

词形变化

palm oils plural palm-oil alternative

词源

In the sense of a bribe, the phrase is a punning reference to the palm of the hand and also to oil as lubricant rather than foodstuff.
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