petrol
noun/ˈpetrəl/
/ˈpetrəl/
(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.
这辆车配有 2 升排量的汽油发动机。 - the petrol tank of a car
汽车的油箱 - An increase in petrol prices will lead to severe difficulties for the company.
汽油价格上涨将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 chemistrya2- Can 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。 - They poured petrol over the pile of rubbish and set it alight.
他们将汽油倒在垃圾堆上，然后将其点燃。 - 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.
我已经给车加满了汽油。 - Make sure the lights are working, the tyres are inflated and the petrol tank is full before setting off.
出发前请确保车灯正常工作、轮胎已充气且油箱已加满。
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’. - to fill a car up with petrol