chugging是什么意思？

chugging

英['tʃʌgɪŋ] 美['tʃʌgɪŋ]

• n. 引擎中燃料的间歇性燃烧；
• v. 发出（持续而单调的）短声，发出突突声( chug的现在分词 )；

例句

• Then he heard their old car chugging up the lane. 接着,他听见他们那辆旧车呼哧呼哧地开上了车道.
• There in a department - store window were two electric trains chugging through a miniature, snow - covered town. 在一家百货商店的橱窗里,有两列电动火车正在一座白雪覆盖的微型城市里嘎吱嘎吱地行驶.
• What other nationality is chugging around in the South China Sea? 还有哪国船只在南中国海突突突地开来开去?
• Refiners chugging along at a low utilization rate of about 80 %. 炼油厂仍维持着80%左右的低开工率.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (车辆)突突地缓慢行驶
  When a vehicle chugs somewhere, it goes there slowly, noisily and with difficulty.
  例句
  The train chugs down the track. 火车沿铁轨缓慢前行。