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单词 petromax
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Definition of petromax in English:

petromax

noun ˈpɛtrəmaks
  • A trademark for: a type of vaporized paraffin pressure lamp; (usually now applied to) a portable lantern of this kind.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in Illustrated Weekly India. From German Petromax from Petro- (in Petroleum; compare petro-) + Max, male forename, after Petroleum-Maxe, the nickname of the German inventor Max Graetz, who developed and marketed this lamp from 1910.

Definition of petromax in US English:

petromax

nounˈpɛtrəmaks
  • A trademark for: a type of vaporized paraffin pressure lamp; (usually now applied to) a portable lantern of this kind.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in Illustrated Weekly India. From German Petromax from Petro- (in Petroleum; compare petro-) + Max, male forename, after Petroleum-Maxe, the nickname of the German inventor Max Graetz, who developed and marketed this lamp from 1910.

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