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petrol

noun
 
🔊/ˈpetrəl/
🔊/ˈpetrəl/
(British English)
(North American English gas, gasoline)
[uncountable]
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  1. a liquid obtained from petroleum, used as fuel in car engines, etc.汽油
    • to fill a car up with petrol 给汽车油箱装满汽油
    • to run out of petrol用光汽油
    • The car has a 2-litre petrol engine. 该车具有2升汽油发动机。
    • the petrol tank of a car汽车的油箱
    • An increase in petrol prices will lead to severe difficulties for the company.汽油价格上涨将给公司造成严重困难。
    • leaded/unleaded petrol含铅／无铅汽油
    compare diesel
    Extra Examples
    • Can you smell petrol?你能闻到汽油味吗？
    • My car runs on unleaded petrol.我的车用无铅汽油。
    • The air smelled of petrol.空气中弥漫着汽油味。
    • The price of a litre of unleaded petrol has risen.一公升无铅汽油的价格已经上涨。
    • Thugs poured petrol over a homeless man and tried to set him alight.暴徒们把汽油倒在一个流浪汉身上，企图点火把他烧死。
    • We ran out of petrol and had to walk to the nearest garage.我们用完了汽油，只好步行前往最近的加油站。
    • Does your car run on unleaded petrol?你的汽车用的是无铅汽油吗？
    • I've filled the car up with petrol.我给汽车加了汽油。
    • Make sure the lights are working, the tyres are inflated and the petrol tank is full before setting off.出发前，请确保照明灯工作正常，轮胎已充气，汽油箱已满。
    Topics The environmenta2, Transport by car or lorrya2, Physics and chemistrya2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lead-free
    • ultra-low sulphur
    • unleaded
    • …
    … of petrol
    • litre
    • tankful
    verb + petrol
    • fill (something) up with
    • fill something with
    • run on
    • …
    petrol + verb
    • burn
    • ignite
    petrol + noun
    • engine
    • tank
    • car
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French pétrole, from medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin petra ‘rock’ (from Greek) + Latin oleum ‘oil’.