oilcan
oilcan — 名詞
- oilcansingular
- oilcansplural
1. a small can that holds oil and lets you put it on moving machine parts through a
油壺
帶細嘴的上油容器
a small can that holds oil and lets you put it on moving machine parts through a narrow spout.
Gabriel grabbed an oilcan and put oil on the squeaky garage door hinges.
Gabriel 拿起油壺，在吱呀作響的車庫門鉸鏈上滴油。
put oil on squeaky hinges
The mechanic kept a brass oilcan beside the old printing press.
修理工把一只黃銅油壺放在老印刷機旁邊。
Before the shift began, Femi filled the oilcan at the workshop sink.
上工前，Femi 在工坊的水槽旁把油壺裝滿。
Diya used an oilcan to oil the bicycle chain without making a mess.
Diya 用油壺替腳踏車鏈條上油，沒有弄得到處都是。
After months in storage, the lathe needed oil from an oilcan before testing.
那台車床閒置幾個月後，在測試前得先用油壺上油。
- oiler
common in workshop language and can also mean an automatic oiling device
- oil bottle
broader term for any bottle that holds oil, not always one with a spout
- lubricant can
functional label that sounds more technical and less everyday
文法句型
fill an oilcan
use an oilcan to oil + machine part
用法筆記
Usually refers to the small hand tool with a long spout, not to a large container kept for storing engine oil.