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gas
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- Conjugation :
past
gassed
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gassing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- gas
[gæs]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
[化]
气体
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2.
noun
[u]
(for cooking，heating) 煤气
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3.
noun
[u]
[US]
[inf]
(also： gasoline) 汽油[英 = petrol]
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4.
noun
[u]
(anaesthetic) 麻醉气
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5.
vt.
(kill) 用毒气处死
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- gas
[gæs]
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1.
n.[c/u]
[Chemistry]
气态
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Water vapor is the gas state of liquid water.
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水汽是液体水的气态形式。
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2.
n.[c/u]
气，气体
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Carbon dioxide is the main greenhouse gas.
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二氧化碳是主要的温室气体。
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3.
n.[u]
[American English]
[Spoken]
汽油
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She went to the station to refill the car's gas tank.
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她去加油站为汽车加油。
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4.
n.[u]
肠胃气胀
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Eating broccoli usually gives me bad gas.
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吃花椰菜我通常会胃胀气。
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5.
n.[u]
[American English]
[Spoken]
油门，油门踏板
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Take your foot off the gas when going around a corner in the road.
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在那条路拐弯时，注意不要踩油门。
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He stepped on the gas.
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他踩住了油门。
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6.
n.[u]
天然气
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The most hopeful source of extra energy could be natural gas.
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最有希望的额外能源来源可能是天然气。
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7.
n.[u]
[Medicine]
气体麻醉剂
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8.
n.[u]
[Military]
毒气
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9.
n.[u]
[American English]
[Slang]
[Figurative]
[Derogatory]
空谈，吹牛
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10.
n.[c]
[Slang]
[American English]
有趣的事，令人愉快的事
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11.
vt.
用毒气攻击，遭受毒气袭击
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A couple gassed themselves, and their son in their car because their dog died!
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因为他们的狗死了，那对夫妇跟他们的儿子都在车里用毒气自杀了。
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Several of his friends were gassed in the war.
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他的一些朋友在战争中被毒气毒死了。
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The despot gassed the rebellious tribes.
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这位暴君向反叛的部落施放毒气。
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12.
vi.
[Slang]
[Spoken]
[Derogatory]
吹牛，空谈，说大话
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I took a long time to get home because everyone was gassing in the shop.
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我花了很长时间才回家，因为大家都在店里夸夸其谈。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- gas
[gæs]
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1.
n
a substance in a physical state in which it does not resist change of shape and will expand indefinitely to fill any container. If very high pressure is applied a gas may become liquid or solid, otherwise its density tends towards that of the condensed phase - Compare liquid solid
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2.
n
any substance that is gaseous at room temperature and atmospheric pressure
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3.
n
any gaseous substance that is above its critical temperature and therefore not liquefiable by pressure alone - Compare vapour
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4.
n
a fossil fuel in the form of a gas, used as a source of domestic and industrial heat - See also coal gas natural gas
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5.
n
(as modifier)
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a gas cooker
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gas fire
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6.
n
a gaseous anaesthetic, such as nitrous oxide
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7.
n
[Mining]
firedamp or the explosive mixture of firedamp and air
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8.
n
the usual US, Canadian, and New Zealand word for petrol - See also gasoline
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9.
n
a toxic or suffocating substance in suspension in air used against an enemy
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10.
n
[Spoken]
idle talk or boasting
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11.
n
[Slang]
a delightful or successful person or thing
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his latest record is a gas
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12.
n
an informal name for flatus
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13.
vt.
[US]
[tr]
to provide or fill with gas
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14.
vt.
[tr]
to subject to gas fumes, esp so as to asphyxiate or render unconscious
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15.
vi.
[intr]
to give off gas, as in the charging of a battery
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16.
vt.
[tr]
(in textiles) to singe (fabric) with a flame from a gas burner to remove unwanted fibres
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17.
vi.
[intr; foll by to]
[Spoken]
to talk in an idle or boastful way (to a person)
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18.
vt.
[tr]
[Slang]
[chiefly US and Canadian]
to thrill or delight
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19.
vt.
[Etymology]
C17 (coined by J. B. van Helmont (1577--1644), Flemish chemist): modification of Greek khaos atmosphere
Examples
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Coal gas production became involved with safe gas explosions.
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煤气生产包含于安全气体爆炸。
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Gas utilities raised gas rates by nearly 8% on Tuesday.
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公用煤气公司在星期四把气价上涨了接近8%。
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deregulate the price of natural gas
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撤销对天然气价格管制规定
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gas escaping from a pipe
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从管子里漏出的(煤)气
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an inert gas
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惰性气体
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