| 单词 | refinery |
| 释义 | refinery (once / 2655 pages) n A refinery is a facility where raw materials are converted into some valuable substance by having impurities removed. At an oil refinery, crude oil is treated and made into gasoline and other petroleum products. Whenever a material needs to have unwanted parts removed in order to be made into a useable product, it must be refined — clarified or processed. This is done at a plant called a refinery. A sugar refinery, for example, converts sugar cane or beets into familiar white, refined crystals of sugar. Refinery comes from refine, which is rooted in the now-obsolete verb fine, "make fine." WORD FAMILYrefinery: refineries+/overrefine: overrefined, overrefinement/refine: overrefine, refined, refinement, refiner, refinery, refines, refining/refined: refinedest, refinedly, unrefined/refinement: refinements/refiner: refiners/refining: refinings USAGE EXAMPLESThe tracks are owned by the railroad and serve the Wood River Refinery. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) U.S. crude stocks rose last week as refineries cut output, while gasoline stocks decreased and distillate inventories fell, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Without undertaking the work they need, refineries run the risk of more unscheduled outages at plants. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) n an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance Hypo|Hyper oil refinery, petroleum refinery a refinery for petroleum sugar refinerya refinery for sugar industrial plant, plant, works buildings for carrying on industrial labor |
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