oiler

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔɪlə/    美 /ˈɔɪlɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who or that which oils.; An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
  2. One who or that which oils.; Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.
  3. An oil tanker.
    — The order to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk – christened four years ago – is unusual but is in line with the White House mandate to reverse a number of military initiatives by Democratic presidents.
  4. Synonym of oilcan.
  5. Synonym of oilcan.; A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
  6. Synonym of oil well.
  7. An oilskin coat. informal
  8. A Mexican. US,ethnic,slur
    — Near-synonym: greaser
  9. A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy). derogatory,slang
    — He also said that it was just as difficult to make friends at Cheam School and at Cambridge because he couldn't be sure who 'genuinely liked him' and who were 'trying to suck up' to him because of who he was — 'oilers', Princess Diana once called such people.
  10. A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic. slang

词形变化

oilers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
auxiliary oiler flange oiler
相关词
oilman oilwoman

词源

From Middle English oyler, equivalent to oil + -er.
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