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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- petrol ['pεtrəl]
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noun
[BRIT]
[u]
汽油[美 = gas，gasoline]
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1.
noun
[BRIT]
[u]
汽油[美 = gas，gasoline]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- petrol ['pεtrəl]
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n
any one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Usually petrol also contains additives such as antiknock compounds and corrosion inhibitors gasoline
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n
[Etymology]
C16: via French from Medieval Latin
petroleum
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n
any one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Usually petrol also contains additives such as antiknock compounds and corrosion inhibitors gasoline
Examples
- To reach the petrol sometimes you need to dig something like 2 km below the surface.
- 得挖到地表以下2千米的地方才能找到石油。
- I had to take a can to the garage to get some petrol.
- 我不得不带个罐去加油站买汽油。 → can
- gas gauge
- [US] 燃料表 → gauge
- water/petrol pump
- 水/油泵 → pump
- to run on {or} off petrol/batteries
- 以汽油/电池为能源 → run
- a petrol can → can
- the lead content of petrol → content
- a petrol engine → engine
- lead-free petrol → -free
- this car is heavy on petrol → heavy on
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