Vaseline

['v?sl,in]

1. 其字面含義其實就是“從地下水中提取出來的一種油”。
2. -ine 在單詞中作為化學物質后綴。
3. 音譯“凡士林”

Vaseline 凡士林

來自德語，vas-,水，詞源同water,-el,油，詞源同oil,-ine,化學名詞后綴。因從石油提煉而得名。

vaseline: vaseline: [19] The term vaseline was coined around 1872 as a trade name for a sort of petroleum jelly newly brought out by the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company. The first syllable, vas-, comes from an anglicized spelling of German wasser ‘water’; the second represents the el- of Greek élation ‘oil’; and the third is the scientific-sounding suffix -ine.
=> water
Vaseline (n.): 1872, trademark for an ointment made from petroleum and marketed by Chesebrough Manufacturing Co., coined from German Wasser "water" + Greek elaion "oil" + scientific-sounded ending -ine. Robert A. Chesebrough was of the opinion that petroleum was a product of the underground decomposition of water.
The name is of mixed origin, being derived from Wasser, water, and elaion [Greek in the original], oil (water-oil), and indicates the belief of the discoverer that petroleum, the mother of Vaseline, is produced by the agency of heat and pressure from the carbon of certain rocks, and the hydrogen of water. ["The Monthly Review of Dental Surgery," February 1877]

1. Smear Vaseline on to your baby's skin to prevent soreness.: 給孩子皮膚上抹些凡士林以防止腫痛。

2. The production present status and technical development of domestic vaseline are analyzed.: 分析了國內凡士林生產現狀和技術發展.

3. Do not use Vaseline or other petroleum - based products on EPDM seats.: 在三元乙丙橡膠(EPDM)閥座上不要使用凡士林或其它石油基產品.

4. The chemistry plant produces such chemicals as gasoline, kerosene, vaseline and paraffin.: 這家化學工廠生產象汽油、煤油、凡士林和石蠟等那樣的化工產品.