petroleum / pəˈtroʊ li əm /

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petroleum 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.

petroleum 近义词

n. 名词 noun

oil

更多petroleum例句

  1. The toothbrush probably contains plastic, which is made from petroleum, a fossil fuel.
  2. Polyester fabrics are made of plastic fibers produced from petroleum.
  3. Oil markets were also in tumult Friday as rising coronavirus cases across the globe threatened to spark more movement restrictions and keep people in their homes, threatening demand for gas and other petroleum products.
  4. The pandemic has crushed demand for gasoline and other petroleum products, as Americans do less driving and cut back on commercial travel.
  5. Guo at the University of Tennessee points out that the new material doesn’t use petroleum products.
  6. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, primarily produces petroleum.
  7. The petroleum industry has depicted fracking as a few antiseptic drills dug on peaceful farmland.
  8. Due to its centrality, the Salt Lake field plays an outsized role in terms of strange petroleum events in the city.
  9. Michael keeps his cool until he sees piles of Petroleum Coke on the banks of the Athabasca.
  10. Petroleum from up here is often called the dirtiest oil in the world.
  11. The model was first filled with inflammable materials such as shavings and large blocks of wood, over which petroleum was poured.
  12. Even the small towns and some villages are lighted by electricity, having gone straight from petroleum to electric light.
  13. Now you see, Wes, the late Caesars were pretty good consumers of everything but petroleum, we having that edge on them.
  14. He plugged one end of a bit of rain-water spout and let it down with a string, and drew it up filled with petroleum.
  15. The Pennsylvania oil region and the Russian oil region are the two greatest centers of petroleum in the world.