Until recently, whale oil cornered the market.

不久之前 鲸油还在市场上独占鳌头。

Until then, America runs on whale oil.

在那之前 是鲸油照亮着美国。

Even today, whale oil is used by NASA.

时至今日 美国航空航天局仍在使用鲸油。

Kerosene was used to light lamps. It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.

煤油被用来点灯。它是鲸油的一种便宜的替代品，而鲸油正变得越来越难以获得。

But commodities like whale oil, absolutely, they wanted that.

但像鲸油这样的商品，绝对是他们想要的。

The streets of Europe were lit with Nantucket whale oil.

欧洲的街道上被楠塔基特鲸油照亮。

Initially, distilled oil replaces the burning of whale oil in lamps.

最初， 蒸馏油取代了鲸油灯的燃烧。

They were powered by oil lamps, with whale oil and whalebone basins, and a very nice-looking community.

他们用油灯供电，有鲸油和鲸骨盆，还有一个非常漂亮的社区。

Whale oil is an excellent product.

鲸油是一种优秀的产品。

He says that whale oil was valuable as a lubricant.

他说鲸油作为润滑剂很有价值。