spermaceti

spermaceti

noun

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1

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

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。
2

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。
3

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

一种用樟脑、鲸油、蓖麻油和蜡混合而成的蜡膏。
4

Whalers once believed that the oily fluid was sperm , but scientists still do not understand the function of spermaceti .

捕鲸的人们一度认为这样油样的液体是精液，但科学家们至今还不清楚它的作用是什么。
5

for , they say , they have reservoirs of oil in every house , and every night recklessly burn their lengths in spermaceti candles .

因为，据说，每份人家都有油池，每夜都毫不在乎地通宵点起鲸脑烛。