释义 |
fuel/fjʊəl, ˈfju:əl/ n. & v.●n. 1 material, esp. coal, wood, oil, etc., burnt or used as a source of heat or power 燃料 2 food as a source of energy (作为能量来源的)食物,养料 3 material used as a source of nuclear energy 核燃料 4 anything that sustains or inflames emotion or passion (维持或激起感情的)因素 ●v. (fuelled, fuelling; US [美] fueled, fueling) 1 tr. supply with fuel 供给…燃料 2 tr. sustain or inflame (an argument, feeling, etc.) 维持(或激起) (争论、感情等);刺激;使火上加油 drink fuelled his anger 酒劲使他愈加愤怒 3 intr. take in or get fuel 加燃料;得到燃料 [Middle English from Anglo-French fuaille, fewaile, Old French fouaille, ultimately from Latin focus ‘hearth’] |