- (also diesel fuel, diesel oil)[uncountable]
a type of heavy oil used as a fuel instead of petrol 柴油 a diesel engine (= one that burns diesel) 柴油机 diesel cars/locomotives/trains 柴油汽车/机车/火车
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1The diesel model is slightly more expensive. 柴油车型稍贵些。 These buses run on diesel. 这些公共汽车烧柴油。 It's one of the best diesel cars you can buy. 这是你能买到的最好的柴油车之一。 Nearly 300 litres of diesel oil were spilt in the river. 将近300升柴油洒在了河里。 The diesel engine burns its fuel much more efficiently. 柴油发动机能更有效地利用燃料。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + diesel- run on
- use
- generator
- power
- fuel
- …
- [countable]
a vehicle that uses diesel fuel Topics Transport by car or lorryc1柴油车;内燃机车
Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after R. Diesel (1858-1913), the inventor of the diesel engine .