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1 oil
[oil] 1. noun(a usually thick liquid that will not mix with water, obtained from plants, animals and minerals: olive oil; whale oil; vegetable oil; cooking oil; He put some oil on the hinges of the door; The car's engine is in need of oil.) olía2. verb(to put oil on or into: The machine will work better if it's oiled.) smyrja, olíubera- oils- oily
- oilfield
- oil paint
- oil painting
- oil palm
- oil-rig
- oil-tanker
- oil-well
- strike oil -
2 oil paint
(paint made with oil: Some artists prefer to use oil paint(s).) olíumálning -
3 oil-rig
noun (a structure used to drill oil-wells: The ship sailed past an enormous oil-rig.) olíuborpallur -
4 oil-tanker
noun (a ship used for carrying oil: An oil-tanker has run aground near here.) olíuflutningaskip -
5 oil painting
(a picture painted with oil paints.) olíumálverk -
6 oil palm
(a palm tree whose fruit and seeds yield oil.) olíupálmi -
7 oil-well
noun (a hole drilled into the earth or the sea-bed to obtain petroleum.) olíuborhola -
8 whale oil
(oil obtained from the fatty parts of a whale.) hvallÿsi -
9 strike oil
(to find oil under the ground: After drilling for several months, they finally struck oil; We've struck oil (= found what we have been looking for) in our search for a suitable house.) koma niður á olíu; komast í feitt -
10 castor oil
(an oil from a tropical plant, used in medicine etc.) laxerolía -
11 cod-liver oil
(an oil obtained from cod's liver, rich in vitamins A and D.) þorskalÿsi -
12 diesel fuel/oil
(heavy oil used as fuel for a diesel engine.) dísilolía -
13 hair-oil
noun (a scented, oily lotion for smoothing down the hair.) hárolía, brilljantín -
14 slick
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15 diesel engine
['di:zəl](an internal-combustion engine in lorries etc, in which a heavy form of oil is used.) dísilhreyfill, dísilvél -
16 olive
['oliv]1) (a type of edible fruit which is used as a garnish etc and which gives oil used for cooking: He put an olive in her cocktail; ( also adjective) an olive tree; olive oil.) ólífa2) (the tree on which it grows: a grove of olives.) ólífutré/olíutré3) ((also olive-green) the brownish-green or yellowish-green colour of the fruit: They painted the room olive; ( also adjective) She wore an olive-green hat.) ólífugrænn/grágrænn litur4) ((also olive-wood) the wood of the tree.) ólífuviður• -
17 pipeline
noun (a long line of pipes used for conveying oil, gas, water etc: an oil pipeline across the desert.) rörlögn -
18 refinery
plural - refineries; noun (a place where sugar or oil etc is refined: an oil refinery.) hreinsunarstöð -
19 strike
1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) slá; hitta; ljósta2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) gera árás3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) kveikja á4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fara í verkfall5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) finna, lenda á6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slá (nótu)7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) það fyrsta sem ég tók eftir; koma skyndilega í hug8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) slá, móta9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) halda, leggja leið sína10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) taka niður, fella2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) verkfall2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) happ; fundur•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up -
20 anoint
[ə'noint](to smear or cover with ointment or oil especially in a religious ceremony: anointed by a priest.) smyrja
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