oil rig

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Related topics: Gas, coal, oil

ˈoil rig (also oil platform) noun [countableC]

TPGa large structure on the land or in the sea, which has equipment for getting oil from under the ground 〔用于陆上或海底采油的〕石油钻台[塔]；油井设备 →4 See picture of 见图 ENERGY

Examples from the Corpus

oil rig• Passing an oil rig and numerous naval vessels, we moored alongside a jetty on the estuary leading up to the town.• It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows.• Balder is a semi-submersible crane barge designed for work in constructing oil rig platforms.• Joseph Oncale charges that his male supervisors and a male co-worker harassed him while he was working at a Louisiana oil rig.• Francis McFarlane, 44, has not worked since he witnessed the oil rig blaze which killed 164 workers in July 1988.

From Longman Business Dictionary

oil rigˈoil rig noun [countableC]

a large structure with equipment for getting oil from under the sea bottom or under the ground

单词	oil rig
释义	oil rig Word family adjectiveoiledoilyoil-firedoil-richnounoileroileryoilinessoilbirdoilcanoilclothoilfieldoilmanoilnutoil paintoil paintingoil panoil rigoilseedoilseed rapeoilskinoil slickoilstoneoil tankeroil welloiladverboilily Related topics: Gas, coal, oil ˈoil rig (also oil platform) noun [countableC] TPGa large structure on the land or in the sea, which has equipment for getting oil from under the ground 〔用于陆上或海底采油的〕石油钻台[塔]；油井设备 →4 See picture of 见图 ENERGY Examples from the Corpus oil rig• Passing an oil rig and numerous naval vessels, we moored alongside a jetty on the estuary leading up to the town.• It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows.• Balder is a semi-submersible crane barge designed for work in constructing oil rig platforms.• Joseph Oncale charges that his male supervisors and a male co-worker harassed him while he was working at a Louisiana oil rig.• Francis McFarlane, 44, has not worked since he witnessed the oil rig blaze which killed 164 workers in July 1988. From Longman Business Dictionary oil rigˈoil rig noun [countableC] a large structure with equipment for getting oil from under the sea bottom or under the ground
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