Petroleum
[ pə'trolɪəm ]
第4级
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n. 石油;
💡 词根助记
petr石+oleum油 → 石油
📝 例句
Kerosene is a by-product of petroleum refining.
煤油是提炼石油的副产品。
Coal and rock oil, or petroleum, are of great value as fuels.
煤和石油或汽油，作为燃料，价值极大。
crude [raw] petroleum
原油
But it was actually the automobile that made petroleum so very useful.
实际上使石油变成那么有用的是汽车。
This land is rich with petroleum.
这片土地盛产石油。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“皮抽脸”:粘着石油的皮带抽打脸
※ petrol-汽油,petroleum-石油:汽油来自石油
※ petrol-汽油,e-拼音“鹅”,u-you你,m-拼音“妈”:汽油被鹅和你妈换成了石油
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
petroleum
n[U]
mineral oil that forms underground and is obtained from wells sunk into the ground, from which petrol, paraffin, diesel oil, etc are obtained by processing 石油.
🎯 考研助记
petr(石)+ol(=oil油)+eum(化学名词后缀)→ 石油
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Both! American spellings are used more and more in Canada now.
两种都用！现在在加拿大人们越来越多的采用美国拼法了。
Yes, please. I want to buy a suit.
是的。我想买一套衣服。
They told us to go home but we went on.
他们要我们回家去，可我们继续行进。