castor: There are two distinct words castor in English. The older originally meant ‘beaver’ [14], and was early used with reference to a bitter pungent substance secreted by glands near the beaver’s anus, employed in medicine and perfumery. The term castor oil [18] probably comes from the use of this oil, derived from the seed of a tropical plant, as a substitute for castor in medicine.
The more recent castor [17] is simply a derivative of the verb cast; it was originally (and still often is) spelled caster. Its use for sprinkling or ‘throwing’ sugar is obvious (the term castor sugar dates back to the mid 19th century), but its application to a ‘small swivelling wheel’ is less immediately clear: it comes from a now obsolete sense of the verb, mainly nautical, ‘veer, turn’: ‘Prepare for casting to port’, George Nares, Seamanship 1882. => cast
castor (n.)
late 14c., "beaver," from Old French castor (13c.), from Latin castor "beaver," from Greek Kastor, literally "he who excels," name of one of the divine twins (with Pollux), worshipped by women in ancient Greece as a healer and preserver from disease.
His name was given to secretions of the animal (Latin castoreum), used medicinally in ancient times. (Through this association his name replaced the native Latin word for "beaver," which was fiber.) In English, castor is attested in this sense from c. 1600. Modern castor oil is first recorded 1746; it is made from seeds of the plant Ricinus communis but supposedly possesses laxative qualities (and taste) similar to those of beaver juice, and thus so named.
castor 英文释义
1. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
2. a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
3. a hat made of beaver fur or similar material
castor 双语例句
1. She has gone to bed and had a dose of castor oil.
她服用了一剂蓖麻油，已经上床睡了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He filled a cup with kerosene, castor oil and vinegar.
他往杯子里装满了煤油 、 蓖麻油和醋.
来自辞典例句
3. The size and the command timbre of Gus's voice startled Castor.
格斯说话的嗓门和命令口吻使卡斯托吃了一惊.
来自辞典例句
4. Castor oil moves the bowels.
蓖麻油能通便.
来自辞典例句
5. He scrawled a few notes to Castor.
他潦草地给卡斯特写了几张货物清单.
来自辞典例句
castor 实用场景例句
What do you get when you cross holy water with castor oil?
把圣水和蓖麻油混合起来是什么效果?
电影对白
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
过了三个月，我们上了亚力山太的船，往前行。这船以宙斯双子为记，是在海岛过了冬的。
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The plant carboxylates and castor oil acid alkanolamide have a promising application for their simple processing.
植物羧酸盐和蓖麻油酸烷醇酰胺生产工艺简单,有良好应用前景.
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Castor and Pollox who were transformed by Zeus into the constellation Gemini in the Trojan War.
狄俄斯库里:波吕丢刻斯和卡斯托耳的统称,在特洛伊战争中被宙斯变成双子星座.
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This bottle of oil is made from castor.
这瓶油是用蓖麻制成的.
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They professor brought out three bottles, and filled them with oil, castor oil and vinegar.
教授拿出了三个瓶子, 并装上油 、 麻油和醋.
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Castor oil moves the bowels.
蓖麻油能通便.
辞典例句
One was filled with petrol, one with castor oil and one with vinegar.
一个瓶子装满汽油, 一个瓶子装满蓖麻油,还有一个(子)满醋.
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Light weight and base equipped with castor wheels , easy to move & place.
机台重量轻,底座配有脚轮, 移动 、 摆放轻便.
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Then, after some days, castor height than me, and I looked up to see them.
又过了些日子, 蓖麻的高度超过了我, 我仰着头看它们.
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Castor stem longer high, the leaves get bigger, like a big open only one hand.
蓖麻的茎越长越高, 叶子越长越大, 活像一只只张开的大手.
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In an intradermal test , Sarnowiec ( 1934 ) used castor oil.
一种蓖麻油中的油质脂肪酸,用于肥皂中.
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This paper studies the method of extraction of ricinine in castor pomace.
本文研究了蓖麻渣和蓖麻籽中蓖麻碱的提取方法.
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One was filled with petrol, one castor oil and one with vinegar.
一个瓶子装满汽油, 一个瓶子装满蓖麻油,还有一个(瓶子)装满醋.
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Broadleaf evergreen tree such as evergreen magnolia, castor tree, etc.
阔叶长绿树包括长绿木兰 、 蓖麻树等等.
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Doctor: Give him plenty of castor oil, and don't point him at anyone for 48 hours!
医生: 让他多喝蓖麻油, 48小时内不要让他冲着任何人!
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The filament of castor oil plant synthesizes many bundles repeatedly, call much style stamen.
蓖麻的花丝连合成多束, 称多体雄蕊.
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But she was rescued later by her brother Castor and brought back to her native land.
但后来海伦被其兄卡斯特救出,带回到了故土.
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He scrawled a few notes to Castor.
他潦草地给卡斯特写了几张货物清单.
辞典例句
Advances in thermoplastic interpenetrating polymer networks and interpenetrating polymer networks based on castor oil are reviewed.
综述近年来热塑性互穿网络聚合物及以蓖麻油为原料合成的互穿网络聚合物的进展.
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The paper introduces the standard and application of sulphonated castor oil in industry.
并介绍了硫酸化蓖麻油的工业标准及其在工业上的应用.
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Half pint castor is oily, boss.
半品脱蓖麻子油, 老板.
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Many career experts tout failure as the castor oil of success.
