The whale's blubber, was rendered into oil for candles. 鲸脂被炼成油来制作蜡烛。
When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down, either on board ship or on shore. 鲸鱼杀死以后,把鲸脂剥下来熬油,这项工作有的是在船上进行的,有的是在岸上进行的。(一定译成“鲸鱼被杀死以后”,不用“被”字仍可表示被动的含义。
blubber
[ noun ]
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
<noun.substance>
excess bodily weight
<noun.attribute> she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others [ verb ]
Blubber \Blub"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blubbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blubbering}.] To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.
She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. --Swift.
Blubber \Blub"ber\, v. t. 1. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! --Prior.
2. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.
Blubber \Blub"ber\, n. [See {Blobber}, {Blob}, {Bleb}.] 1. A bubble.
At his mouth a blubber stood of foam. --Henryson.
2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A large sea nettle or medusa.
The goal is to get the sea lions to associate the unfamiliar sounds with an unpleasant bop on the blubber, Jeffries said.
Eight years of analyzing the blubber of dead beluga whales beached in the St. Lawrence River have given Canadian researcher Pierre Beland a chemical catalog of the lakes.