- [uncountable]
waste gases that come out of a vehicle, an engine or a machine (车辆、发动机或机器排出的)废气 car exhaust fumes/emissions 汽车排出的废气;汽车排放物
Extra ExamplesTopics The environmentc1, Transport by car or lorryc1ducts which draw out exhaust air and replace it with fresh 用于排出废气导入清新空气的导管 The car was fitted with a catalytic converter to meet exhaust regulations. 这辆汽车安装了催化转换器,以符合废气排放规定。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- auto
- automobile
- car
- …
- emission
- fumes
- gas
- …
- from an/the exhaust
- [countable]
the system in a vehicle through which exhaust gases come out 排气管 Topics Transport by car or lorryc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- auto
- automobile
- car
- …
- emission
- fumes
- gas
- …
- from an/the exhaust
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘draw off or out’): from Latin exhaust- ‘drained out’, from the verb exhaurire, from ex- ‘out’ + haurire ‘draw (water), drain’.