white spirit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌwhite ˈspirit noun [uncountable] British English DHa clear liquid made from petrol, used for making paint thinner, removing marks on clothes etc 〔用于稀释油漆、除去衣服污渍等的〕石油溶剂油，稀释剂 SYN turpentine
Examples from the Corpus
white spirit• Less than half an hour later she cleaned the brush in white spirit and pressed the lid of the tin noiselessly down.• Wash in white spirit or a proprietary brush cleaner.• Rags and dusters with polish, window-cleaning liquid or white spirit on them should also be removed.• You will need surgical spirit or white spirit for cleaning the needles.• Buy these with the paint; brushes can't be cleaned with white spirit or water.• Prime with two to three coats of eggshell, thinning down the first one with white spirit to avoid ridges.• If too thick for easy brushing, then the varnish can be thinned with white spirit.• The mixture of oil and copal was thinned, usually with white spirit.ˌwhite ˈspirit nounChineseSyllable
for clear liquid from Corpus made petrol, a making used
white spirit
ˌwhite ˈspirit
noun [uncountable] British English
a clear liquid made from petrol, used for making paint thinner, removing marks on clothes etc
SYN turpentine
ˌwhite ˈspirit
noun [uncountable] British Englisha clear liquid made from petrol, used for making paint thinner, removing marks on clothes etc
SYN turpentine