crude
- IPA[kruːd]
英式
- constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way；(of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed
- natural mineral oil
- 釋義
- 相關詞
形容詞
- 1. constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way the inspectors dismissed the documents as crude forgeries a relatively crude nuclear weapon 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed the accounts are contradictory and smack of a rather crude attempt at a cover-up the measure was condemned by economists as crude and ill-conceived
- 2. offensively coarse or explicit, especially in relation to sexual matters a crude joke 同義詞 反義詞
- 3. in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined crude oil 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of figures) not adjusted or corrected the crude mortality rate
- ▪ (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate a crude estimate of the number of people available for work
名詞
- 1. natural mineral oil the ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude
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- IPA[kro͞od]
美式
- constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way: the inspectors dismissed the documents as crude forgeries a relatively crude nuclear weapon
- natural petroleum: the ship was carrying 80,000 tons of crude
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