| 单词 | petroleum industry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetroleum industry petroleum industry n. ΚΠ 1888 Scribner's Mag. May 576/1 They [sc. explosives] are used in the petroleum industry to ‘shoot’ the wells, so as to remove the paraffine which prevents the flow of oil. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 37/1 (advt.) Paraffin wax—a very useful by-product of the petroleum industry. 1992 Economist 29 Feb. 46/2 Mexico has opened parts of its petroleum industry—the number of basic petrochemicals forbidden to foreign ownership has been reduced. < as lemmas |
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