Crude



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解释

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• adj. 未提炼的; 粗鲁的; n. 原油
• ［英］ adj. 未提炼的 ( not refined or processed) ; 粗鲁的 ( lacking grace, tact, or taste) ; n. 原油 ( crude petroleum)
• ［记］ crud ( 粗糙) +e -> 未提炼的

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective (cruder; crudest)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin crudus raw, crude, undigested — more at raw
• Date: 14th century
• 1. existing in a natural state and unaltered by cooking or processing <crude oil
• 2. archaic unripe, immature
• 3. marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity crude stereotype
• 4. rough or inexpert in plan or execution crude shelter
• 5. lacking a covering, glossing, or concealing element ; obvious <crude facts
• 6. tabulated without being broken down into classes <the crude death rate
• Synonyms: see rude
• ? crudely adverb
• ? crudeness noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1904
• a substance in its natural unprocessed state; especially unrefined petroleum

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