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petro- 或 petri- 或 petr-
pref.（前缀）
  1. Rock; stone:
    表示“岩石，石头”之意：
    petroglyph.
    岩画
  2. Petroleum:
    表示“石油”：
    petrochemistry.
    石油化学

语源
  1. Greek
    希腊语
  2. from petros [stone]
    源自 petros [石头]
petro- or (before a vowel) petr-

combining form

indicating stone or rock
⇒ petrology
indicating petroleum, its products, etc
⇒ petrochemical
of or relating to a petroleum-producing country
⇒ petrostate

Origin

from Greek petra rock or petros stone

petro-1

Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “rock,” “stone,” used in the formation of compound words:
petrology.
Also, petri-; especially before a vowel, petr-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of pétra rock, pétros a stone

petro-2

1
a combining form meaning “petroleum,” “the extraction and export of petroleum,” used in the formation of compound words:
petrochemistry; petropower.
Origin
extracted from petroleum

Related Words

  • petrochemistry
  • petr-
  • petri-
  • petrochemical
  • petrodollars
  • petrogenesis
petro-a word element meaning 'stone' or 'rock'.
[Greek, combining form of petra rock, petros stone]
petro-
combining form
⇨ see petr-
petro-
/ˈpetrəʊ/  
combining form
1.
of rock; relating to rocks
表示“石”, “岩石”：

petrography.

2.
relating to petroleum
表示“石油”：

petrodollar.

词源
sense 1 from Greek petros 'stone', petra 'rock'; sense 2 from PETROLEUM.
▪ I.petro-1|pɛtrəʊ|properly combining form of Gr. πέτρος stone or πέτρα rock, as in petroglyph, -graph, etc. In Anat. used to form adjectives descriptive of parts connected with the petrous portion of the temporal bone and some other part indicated by the second element (most of which may also be used ellipt. as substantives): as petroˈhyoid, petroˈmastoid, petro-ocˈcipital (petroccipital), petrophaˈryngeal, petroˈsphenoid, -spheˈnoidal, petro-squaˈmosal, -ˈsquamous, petrotymˈpanic.1875Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 243 The hyoid bone..from it a slip of muscle (*petrohyoid) will be seen passing up towards the occipital region of the skull.1848Owen Archetype & Homol. Vertebr. Skel. 29 The coalescence of the primitively distinct mastoid with the ossifying capsule of the labyrinth is very speedy,..and a composite ‘*petromastoid’ bone is thus formed.Ibid. 31 In the walrus..the mastoid, or petromastoid, forms as large a proportion of the outer lateral walls of the cranium as does the squamosal.1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 85 The first part of this line is named the *Petro-occipital suture.1893Syd. Soc. Lex., *Petro-sphenoid ligament... Petro-sphenoidal suture.1842Dunglison Med. Lex., *Petro-sphenoidal.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 507 There was a small opening into the skull along the *petro-squamosal suture.1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 240 A line of fracture..extended from left *petro-squamous junction backwards along the parieto-occipital suture as far as the sagittal suture.1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Org. Nat. I. 238 [In the giraffe] the *petrotympanic is a separate bone, as in all ruminants.1877Burnett Ear 42 The petrotympanic fissure.▪ II.petro-2|ˈpɛtrəʊ|combining form of petroleum, in recent formations as petro-politics, petro-power, petro-resources, petro-wealth; freq. with ref. to revenue, esp. foreign exchange, deriving from petroleum exports, as petro-billion, petro-naira, petro-pound; petro-currency, the currency of a petroleum-exporting country, of which the exchange rate varies chiefly with the fluctuations of the petroleum market. Also petrodollar. Cf. petro-chemistry 2.1973Time 3 Dec. 44/1 The energy crisis..may have been artificially imposed, but its implications stretch far beyond petropolitics.1974Time (U.S. ed.) 17 June 83 (heading) The petrocurrency peril.1974Newsweek 7 Oct. 52/3 Top Arab leaders have now decided not to put their petro⁓billions into U.S. Treasury bonds..but to invest in American industry instead.1975Economist 8 Mar. 86/3 Some members [of OPEC]..want their own petro-currencies put into the basket of IMF special drawing rights.1975Publishers Weekly 19 May 99/1, I understand they're rolling in petropounds since oil was discovered in the North Sea.1976Ibid. 5 Jan. 60/1 An Arab emirate saturated with petro-resources.1976Daily Times (Lagos) 5 May 7/1 As the tenth largest oil producer in the league, Nigeria has every reason to tout her petro-wealth.1976Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 20 June 35/1 ‘There are two kinds of power,’ he said, ‘petropower and agripower.’1976Daily Times (Lagos) 20 July 7/1 Nigeria's foreign exchange reserve zoomed to N2,047 million through oil boom, thus projecting an over-sized petro-naira bubble which beclouded the vision of some former military rulers.1977Time 11 July 36/3 The Saudis can be expected to wield their petropower prudently.1979Daily Tel. 5 July 21 Industrialists are ill-prepared for Britain's ‘petro-currency’ era.1986Tablet 19 Apr. 405/1 As a petrocurrency of a country with a Conservative government, it [sc. sterling] was probably bound to strengthen when oil prices soared.
petro-
1
before vowels petr-, word-forming element used from 19c., from comb. form of Greek petros "stone," petra "rock" (see petrous).
2
word-forming element used from mid-20c. to mean "of or having to do with petroleum products," from petroleum.
1. combining form1 | 2. combining form2
 1 
petro- /ˈpɛtrəʊ/ combining form1.
ORIGIN: from Greek petros stone, petra rock: see -o-.
1.Rock.
2.Anatomy. The petrous portion of the temporal bone, as petrosphenoidal, petrotympanic.
 DERIVATIVE petroˈfabric adjective of or pertaining to petrofabrics M20.
petroˈfabrics noun the texture and microscopic structure of a rock or rocks; the branch of geology that deals with these, esp. as guides to their past movements: M20.
petroˈsilex noun a hard rock rich in silica L18.
petrosiˈliceous adjective (now rare) consisting of or containing petrosilex L18.
petrotecˈtonic adjective of or pertaining to petrotectonics M20.
petrotecˈtonics noun the branch of geology that deals with the structure of rocks, esp. as a guide to their past movements M20.
 2 
petro- /ˈpɛtrəʊ/ combining form2.
ORIGIN: Abbreviation.
Petroleum, oil.
 DERIVATIVE petro-currency noun the currency of a petroleum-exporting country, of which the exchange rate varies chiefly with the fluctuations of the petroleum market L20.
petrodollar noun a notional monetary unit earned by a petroleum-exporting country L20.
petro-
combining form.
rock; rocks: Petrology = the science of rocks.
petroleum:
Petrochemical = (a chemical) derived from petroleum.
of the oil-exporting countries:
Petropower = the power of oil-exporting countries. Part of sterling’s strength may be its position as the “petrocurrency” (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
[< Greek pétra rock]
petro-
combining form
see petr-

petro-

Prefix

  1. of or pertaining to stone
  2. of or pertaining to petroleum-based products
  3. neologism Pertaining to, or funded by, oil export

Etymology

  • From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).
  • Clipping of petroleum.

    • Derived terms

  • (of stone):
  • petroform
  • petroglyph
  • petroleum
  • (of petroleum-based products):
  • petro-free
  • petroholic
  • (of, or funded by, oil export):
  • petrodollar
  • petro-superpower
  • petro-dictatorship
  • petrostate

    • Usage notes

  • When used as a combining form for petroleum, its etymological meaning is misleading. Better would be to use oleo- (for products associated with oil)
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