petrol
noun (British English)(North American English gas, gasoline)
[uncountable]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. 这辆车有一个2升的汽油发动机。 the petrol tank of a car 汽车的油箱 An increase in petrol prices will lead to severe difficulties for the company. 汽油价格的上涨将会给公司带来严重的困难。 leaded/unleaded petrol 含铅／无铅汽油
Extra ExamplesTopics The environmenta2, Transport by car or lorrya2, Physics and chemistrya2Can 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. 我给汽车加满了汽油。 Make sure the lights are working, the tyres are inflated and the petrol tank is full before setting off. 出发前，确保灯亮着，轮胎充气，油箱加满。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lead-free
- ultra-low sulphur
- unleaded
- …
- litre
- tankful
- fill (something) up with
- fill something with
- run on
- …
- burn
- ignite
- engine
- tank
- car
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French pétrole, from medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin petra ‘rock’ (from Greek) + Latin oleum ‘oil’.