(亦作 creosote oil)[mass noun]a dark brown oil distilled from coal tar and used as a wood preservative. It contains a number of phenols, cresols, and other organic compounds 杂酚 ■a colourless, pungent, oily liquid, containing creosol and other compounds, distilled from wood tar and used as an antiseptic 杂酚油,木溜油
verb
[with obj.]treat (wood) with creosote 用杂酚处理(木材)
语源
mid 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek kreas 'flesh' + sōtēr 'preserver', with reference to its antiseptic properties