pe.tro.le.um
n.Abbr. pet.（名词）缩写 pet.A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the earth`s surface, can be separated into fractions including natural gas, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel and lubricating oils, paraffin wax, and asphalt and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative products.石油：一种粘稠易燃的、颜色从黄到黑的汽体、液体和固态碳氢化合物的混合物，天然存在于地表之下，可以分离成多种成份，包括天然气、汽油、挥发油、煤油、燃料和润滑油、石蜡和沥青，作为原材料广泛地用于各种各样衍生产品中
来源：Middle English 中古英语 from Medieval Latin petrôleum 源自 中世纪拉丁语 petrôleum Latin petra [rock] from Greek 拉丁语 petra [岩石] 源自 希腊语 Latin ôleum [oil] * see oil 拉丁语 ôleum [石油] *参见 oil
