That's difficult for me to understand, however enlightened I may be with sun, moon, stearine, train oil, and tallow.
“我的身上——或者身子里——最近起了某种变化:磨石的活动有些异样。
原声例句
水孩子
So the mollys took Tom up on their backs, and flew off with him, laughing and joking—and oh, how they did smell of train oil!
于是,茉莉们把汤姆背在背上,和他一起飞走了,又说又笑——哦,它们闻起来有股火车油的味道!
英语百科
Whale oil
(重定向自Train oil)
Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. Whale oil was sometimes known as train oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear" or "drop").
Sperm oil, a special kind of oil obtained from the head cavities of sperm whales, differs chemically from ordinary whale oil: it comprises mostly liquid wax. Its properties and applications differ from those of regular whale oil, and it sold at a higher cost when marketed.