oil（オイル）
要点油
意味
- 油;油状物
- =petroleum
- 《複数形で》=oil paint
- =oil painting
- …に油を塗る,油を引く,油を差す
例文
Japan is dependent on foreign countries for oil.
日本は石油を外国に依存している。
A ship which conveys oil is called an oil tanker.
石油を運ぶ船をオイル・タンカーという。
Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
キャンバスのオイルはとても微細な花びらを描けない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Old French oile, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin.