petroleum

/pəˈtrəʊliəm/ (bre, ipa) · /pəˈtrəʊliəm/ (ame, ipa) · /pə-ˈtrō-lē-əm -ˈtrōl-yəm/ (ame, mw)

petroleum — 名詞

1. natural oil brought up from deep rock layers or seabeds and refined into fuels s

1.名詞B2
釋義

石油；原油

地下開採並提煉成燃料的天然油液

natural oil brought up from deep rock layers or seabeds and refined into fuels such as petrol and diesel.

例句

The company found petroleum under the desert after months of drilling.

那家公司鑽探數月後，在沙漠下方發現了石油。

find petroleum under [place]

Petroleum was discovered near the fishing town in 1984.

1984 年，那座漁村附近發現了石油。

passive: petroleum was discovered

同義詞
  • oil

    the everyday broad word; context may also mean cooking oil, motor oil, or fuel oil.

  • crude oil

    the usual industry term when you want to stress that it has not been refined yet.

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and most common in technical, business, and news writing. In everyday speech, people often say crude oil or simply oil, while petroleum is the more formal name for the raw substance before refining.

常見錯誤

❌My car runs on petroleum.
✅My car runs on petrol.
💡petroleum names the raw substance or a technical category; everyday car fuel is usually called petrol or gasoline.