n. 1.焦油;柏油,煤焦油沥青。 2.〔美俚〕黑咖啡。 vt. (-rr-) 涂柏油;〔比喻〕弄污。 tar boilers [heels] 〔美国〕北卡罗来纳(North Carolina) 州人的别名。 He was tarred with profiteering brush. 他因谋取不正当的利益而声名狼籍。 be tarred with the same brush [stick] 都有同样的缺点;都做着同样的坏事,一丘之貉。 tar and feather 将人浑身涂满柏油再粘上羽毛〔一种私刑〕;严加惩罚(be tarred and featherd for what one has done 因所作所为而受到严惩)。 n. 〔口语〕水手,水兵。 a Jack T- 水手。 an old tar 老水手。
a man who serves as a sailor 同义词:mariner, seaman, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog,
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue 同义词:pitch,
coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"
例句与用法
1.
He was tarred with profiteering brush . 他因谋取不正当的利益而声名狼籍。
2.
Lignite oil is creosote derived from lignite tar . 褐煤油是从褐煤中得来的防腐油。
3.
The chemist reported on his experiments with coal tar . 化学家提出他实验沥青的报告。
4.
The pipe is caked with tar . 烟斗里渍了很多油子。
5.
The pit cover should be sealed over with tar paper or plastic . 顶盖必须用焦油纸或塑料封闭。
6.
Give him wine, mum, i'll engage there's no tar in that . 请他喝葡萄酒吧,夫人。我敢担保,葡萄酒里没有焦油。
7.
Since oil and water do not mix, the ingredients of these tar sands formed an unusual arrangement . 由于水和油互不溶合,这种油沙的成分别具一格。
8.
Peat tar has similar properties to the tar derived from the destructive distillation of wood . 泥煤焦油的性质和由木材干馏所得到的焦油的性质相似。
9.
In estonia three types of shale tar have been used as alternatives to anthracene oil or carbolineum . 在爱沙尼亚,已有三种页岩焦油用作蒽油或氯化蒽油的替换物。
10.
He is a leviathan, or rather a kind of seagod, whom the poor tars worship as the indians do the devil . 他是个巨无霸,或者海神,可怜的水手们崇拜他就像印度人崇拜魔鬼一样。