单词 | petroleous |
释义 | petroleousadj. Containing petroleum; rich in petroleum; (also) smelling like petroleum. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > petroleum petroleous1762 petroliferous1844 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral oil > [adjective] > containing petroleous1762 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 61 The petroleous wells of Sasso..are observed to become very turbid. 1788 A. Wilson Bath Waters iii. 35 All the bitumens, petroleous mineral pitches, and oils, are fermentative exsudations. 1865 W. Wright Oil Regions of Pennsylvania 242 I think it will be found that the true source of petroleum is not the sandstone or arenaceous limestone, but the shales which are in places bituminous and in places petroleous. 1876 M. Collins From Midnight to Midnight III. ix. 154 If he had been able to command more champagne, howsoever petroleous,..he might have been happy. 2003 TASS (Nexis) 15 Dec. Oil and gas deposits on the Sakhalin shelf, in West and East Siberia, the Timano-Pechora petroleous and gas-bearing province. 2008 A. Davies Mine All Mine 214 Another one [sc. a stripper]..is chumming the floor with worn cleavage and cheap, petroleous drugstore perfume. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1762 |
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