crude

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crude1 /kruːd/ adjectiveadj

1 CARELESSnot exact or without any detail, but generally correct and useful 粗略的；大概的 → approximate

a crude estimate of the population available for work

对劳动力人口的粗略估计

2 SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDnot developed to a high standard, or made with little skill 粗制的，粗糙的

a crude wooden bridge

粗糙的木桥

crude workmanship

粗糙的工艺

3 RUDE/OBSCENEoffensive or rude, especially in a sexual way 粗俗的，粗鄙的，下流的〔尤指有关性的〕 SYN vulgar

crude pictures

粗俗的图片

His language was often crude.

他的语言常常很粗俗。

4. TI[only before noun] crude oil, rubber etc is in its natural or raw condition before it is treated with chemicals 〔石油、橡胶等〕天然的，未加提炼的

5 in crude terms SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDexpressed in a simple way 简单地说

Private morality, in crude terms, is not the law’s business.

简单地说吧，个人道德不属于法律的范畴。

Examples from the Corpus

in crude terms• Eliot deliberately presents his South Sea life in crude terms.

—crudely adverbadv

crudely built shacks

造得很简陋的棚屋

—crudeness noun [uncountableU]

—crudity noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

crude• Rudy was loud-mouthed and crude.• The comedian wasn't funny at all; he was just crude and offensive.• The earliest skis were crude, consisting of short boards covered in fur skins.• It is apparently done in quite a crude fashion, using a look-up table.• The interiors of these stores had crude floors, bare ceilings, glaring lights, gaudy signs, and merchandise piled everywhere.• Babbage's great calculating machine was a crude form of computer.• As earthbound concrete replaced shimmering glass, so crude functionalism was to supplant soaring aspiration.• a crude homemade bomb• But this is a crude indicator, at best, for how business behaves.• a crude map of the area• The number of help-wanted advertisements can be used as a crude measure of the strength of the job market.• Diesel comes from crude oil, and it is less refined than gasoline.• Ice is a mineral; crude oil is not.• Millions of gallons of crude oil spilled into the sea, causing widespread shore damage as well.• Pools of crude oil stretch in every direction.• She was worried that her husband's crude remarks might have upset some of the guests.• crude rubber• The men started gathering wood to construct a crude shelter.