whale oil

基本解释

But already the schools of whales were shrinking, and whale oil soaring in price.
而且鯨的數量在減少，鯨脂油的價格在上陞。
Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.
按照這樣的思維下去，如果沒有鯨魚油，世界將會倒退廻黑暗時代。
"They're so under threat from climate change, from noise pollution," he went on. "Until 1859 the whole world was lit by whale oil.
作者Philip Hoare說：“鯨魚神秘莫測，他們時時処在氣候變化的威脇之下，承受著各種聲音的汙染，在1859年之前，鯨魚的魚油是地球上照明的主要能源，人類對鯨魚的影響是巨大的，同樣鯨魚們也深深地影響著人類。”

The other side of the Atlantic experienced a shortage of whale oil used for illumination.
FORBES: Magazine Article
That is a fancy way of saying that Oil Creek Valley put the whale oil industry out of business.
FORBES: The Pennsylvania Start-up That Changed The World
We ran out of whale oil but found petroleum.
FORBES: Magazine Article

oil obtained either from the blubber of whales (train oil) or the head of the sperm whale (sperm oil)