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.)).
雙語例句
1. Petroleum engineers plan and manage the extraction of oil.
石油工程師規(guī)劃并管理石油的提煉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.
煉油廠的主要工作是提煉原油.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.
上星期伊朗政府提高了石油價格.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. They refined crude oil into various petroleum products.