petroleum
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How to pronounce petroleum in British English:
英 [pəˈtrəʊliəm]
How to pronounce petroleum in American English:
美 [pəˈtroʊliəm]
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- Noun:
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
单词词源
- petroleum (n.)
- early 15c. "petroleum, rock oil" (mid-14c. in Anglo-French), from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin petra "rock" (see petrous) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. 3 In petroleum refining on world 's most admired companies
- 2. Stephen i. chazen president and chief executive officer occidental petroleum corp. 2010 total compensation : $ 38,080,344 *
- 3. To keep up with local production , enrollment at both graduate and undergraduate petroleum engineering programs has grown .
- 4. We have not seen improving trends in u.s. petroleum supply-demand picture of late , particularly for transportation fuels .
- 5. Ray r. irani executive chairman occidental petroleum corp. 2010 total compensation : $ 76,107,010 *