crude

英 [kruːd] 美[krud]
  • adj. 粗糙的;天然的,未加工的;粗鲁的
  • n. 原油;天然的物质

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词态变化


复数: crudes;比较级: cruder;最高级: crudest;副词: crudely;名词: crudeness;

助记提示


1. crude oil 原油。
2. rude, raw => crude.
3. 谐音“可鲁的、粗鲁的”----可粗鲁了、可粗鲁的。

中文词源


crude 原始的,粗糙的

来自PIE*kreue, 生肉,带血肉,词源同raw。可能进一下来自PIE*sker, 砍,切,词源同shear,carnal.

英文词源


crude (adj.)
late 14c., "in a raw state," from Latin crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody," from PIE *krue-do-, from PIE *kreue- (1) "raw flesh" (see raw). Meaning "lacking grace" is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865.

双语例句


1. Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.
大型石油公司无需担心原油销售不出去。

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2. A crude oil slick quickly spreads out over water.
原油泄露后的浮油很快在水面上扩散开来。

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3. Don't be crude tonight, Bernard, it doesn't become you.
今晚别说荤话,伯纳德,说荤话可不好。

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4. He was critical of the people, disparaging of their crude manners.
他对那些人很有看法,看不起他们粗俗的举止。

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5. This is the virus in very crude simple diagrammatic form.
这是非常粗略简单的图式病毒形态。

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