Petroleum
[pɪ'trəʊlɪəm] or [pə'trolɪəm]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Rock-oil, mineral oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil.
整理:肯尼思
解釋/意思:
n. a liquid inflammable substance issuing or pumped up from the earth in various parts of the world.—ns. Pet′rol a spirit obtained from petroleum; Petroleur (pā-tro-lār′) one of those Parisians who with the help of petroleum set fire to many of the public buildings of Paris in May 1871: an incendiary:—fem. Petroleuse′.—adj. Petrolif′erous yielding petroleum.
校對:瓦珥
例句/造句/用法:
- The amount of petroleum produced in the United States in 1896 was 60,960,361 barrels, the largest yield on record. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The petroleum wells of America are of the same technical description. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Among the more familiar products of coal tar or petroleum are moth balls, carbolic acid, benzine, vaseline, and paraffine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- With the discovery and development of the oil wells in the United States about 1860 a new fuel was found in the crude petroleum, as well as a source of light. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Brayton of the United States in 1873 invented a very efficient engine in which the vapour of petroleum mixed with air constituted the fuel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The solvent employed was a mixture of one part of oil of lavender, and ten parts of oil of petroleum. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The discovery of petroleum and its introduction as a light produced a revolution in the construction of lamps. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Adolf Spiel of Berlin has also recently invented a petroleum engine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- On the contrary, in America, especially after the petroleum wells were opened up, and nature supplied the hydro-carbon in roaring wells and fountains, water gas came to the front. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The night-watchman, Alfred Swanson, took care of this curious plant, which consisted of a battery of petroleum lamps that were forced to burn to the sooting point. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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