破壞力極強(qiáng)的颶風(fēng)“伊萬”在古巴西部肆虐后,又咆哮著進(jìn)入了墨西哥海灣。由于颶風(fēng)的威脅,墨西哥灣地區(qū)的一些石油公司停止了海上石油生產(chǎn),導(dǎo)致全世界石油價(jià)格上漲。外電報(bào)道如下:Oil prices headed up toward $45 a barrel on Wednesday as Hurricane Ivan shut 60 percent of crude output in the Gulf of Mexico and at least five refiners along the U.S. coast planned to close as a precaution. Crude output的意思是“原油生產(chǎn)”。Crude的意思是“天然物質(zhì),處于未加工狀態(tài)的物質(zhì),尤指原油”。例如:crude rubber(天然橡膠);crude salt(粗制鹽);petroleum crude或crude oil(原油)。Crude還有“粗糙的、未加修飾的、簡(jiǎn)陋的”的意思。例如:a crude shelter in the forest(森林中簡(jiǎn)陋的棲身之處)。The painting was a crude forgery.(這幅畫是一件拙劣的贗品)。