破坏力极强的飓风“伊万”在古巴西部肆虐后,又咆哮着进入了墨西哥海湾。由于飓风的威胁,墨西哥湾地区的一些石油公司停止了海上石油生产,导致全世界石油价格上涨。外电报道如下: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“原油生产”。Crude的意思是“天然物质,处于未加工状态的物质,尤指原油”。例如:crude rubber(天然橡胶);crude salt(粗制盐);petroleum crude或crude oil(原油)。Crude还有“粗糙的、未加修饰的、简陋的”的意思。例如:a crude shelter in the forest(森林中简陋的栖身之处)。The painting was a crude forgery.(这幅画是一件拙劣的赝品)。