petrol

英 ['petrəl] 美 ['petrəl]

• n. <英>汽油

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]汽油

   a liquid obtained especially by the petroleum used mainly for producing power in the engines of cars, aircraft, etc.

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. <英>汽油
2. 石油，原油

v. 动词

1. 给…加汽油
2. 用汽油消除

英英释义

Noun:

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Petrol is volatile.
   汽油容易挥发。
2. The petrol is running out.
   汽油快要耗尽了。
3. My car is rather heavy on petrol.
   我的汽车很费油。
4. They have increased the price of petrol again.
   他们又提高了汽油的价格。
5. My new car really runs away with the petrol.
   我的新汽车耗油太多了。
6. They had to ration petrol during the war.
   战时他们不得不限量供给汽油。
7. The police faced a mob throwing bricks and petrol bombs.
   警察面对一群投掷砖块和汽油弹的暴徒。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our car was useless for want of petrol.
   由于缺少汽油,我们的汽车派不上用场。
2. After a long traveling, we get to a petrol station at last.
   一场长途跋涉后,我们终于赶到了加油站。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+名词

• petrol additive (可使发动机减少爆击声的)汽油助剂
• petrol engine 汽油机
• petrol fume 汽油味
• petrol station 加油站

词义辨析

n. (名词)

petrol, gasoline

• 这两个名词的共同意思是“汽油”。gasoline用在美式英语中; petrol用在英式英语中。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古法语的petrole，意为汽油；最初源自中世纪拉丁语的petroleum。

近反义词

【近义词】

• gasoline