late 14c., "in a raw state," from Latin crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody," from PIE *krue-do-, from PIE *kreue- (1) "raw flesh" (see raw). Meaning "lacking grace" is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865.
雙語例句
1. Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.
大型石油公司無需擔心原油銷售不出去。
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2. A crude oil slick quickly spreads out over water.
原油泄露后的浮油很快在水面上擴散開來。
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3. Don't be crude tonight, Bernard, it doesn't become you.
今晚別說葷話，伯納德，說葷話可不好。
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4. He was critical of the people, disparaging of their crude manners.
他對那些人很有看法，看不起他們粗俗的舉止。
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5. This is the virus in very crude simple diagrammatic form.