petrol是什么意思？

petrol

英[ˈpetrəl] 美[ˈpɛtrəl]

• n. 汽油；

复数：petrols;

例句

• It's true that it's a comfortable car, but it eats up the petrol. 这辆车确实舒服, 但耗油量太大了。
• The whole building was sent up in flames when the petrol exploded. 汽油爆炸时, 整个楼房都被大火烧毁了。
• Petrol vaporizes quickly. 汽油很快汽化。
• Our car was useless for want of petrol. 由于缺少汽油, 我们的汽车派不上用场。
• Nowadays petrol costs too much. 如今的汽油太贵了。
• We'd better stop at the garage to fill up, we're nearly out of petrol. 汽油快用光了, 我们最好在汽车修理厂停车加油。
• a crowd of youths armed with missiles that included petrol bombs 一群装备有汽油弹等投射物的年轻人
• He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel. 他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
• The car ran out of petrol, and as a further complication I had no money! 汽车没油了, 更麻烦的是我身上没有钱！
• Don't forget to cap the tank after filling it up with petrol. 灌满汽油后别忘了把油箱盖上。

同义词解析

• 以下这两个名词均表示"汽油"。
  作"汽油"解时，这两个词的区别在于使用地区不同，gasoline用于美国，而petrol则是英国的用词。

英语四级真题

Now, however, recent developments in electric vehicle technology mean they can match conventional petrol engines in terms of performance and safety.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  汽油
  Petrol is a liquid which is used as a fuel for motor vehicles.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  汽油
  Our car was useless for want of petrol. 由于缺少汽油, 我们的汽车派不上用场。

英英词典释义

• 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