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fuel

/fyoo-uhl/US // ˈfyu əl //UK // (fjʊəl) //

燃油,燃油费,燃油的,燃油的问题

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
    • : something that gives nourishment; food.
    • : an energy source for engines, power plants, or reactors: Kerosene is used as jet engine fuel.
    • : something that sustains or encourages; stimulant: Our discussion provided him with fuel for debate.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fu·eled, fu·el·ing or fu·elled, fu·el·ling.

    • : to supply with fuel.
v.无主动词 verb
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    fu·eled, fu·el·ing or fu·elled, fu·el·ling.

    • : to obtain or replenish fuel.

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Examples

  • Instead, Johnson and co-founder and CTO Julie Blumreiter have developed a way to modify the internal components of the engine to alter its thermodynamics to be able to quickly ignite and combust decarbonized fuels.

  • That’s the ongoing power of the fossil fuel industry at work.

  • It’s also risky to do prescribed burns or allow natural fires to rage, since the fuels are so built up in many places, Westerling says.

  • Even if solar and wind power continue to grow rapidly, they simply can’t displace the vast quantities of fossil fuels used to run industrial processes or generate electricity.

  • Nikola said Hindenburg took a comment made by an employee of Robert Bosch GmbH, a supplier and investor in the company, out of context and underestimated its capabilities to produce hydrogen for its fuel cell-powered trucks.

  • But Sanders, a representative of the Northeastern vacation state of Vermont, also opposes fossil fuel development.

  • Added fuel to the fire, he said—as in, the fire was already burning.

  • The company also converts the gas into a liquid fuel that can run vehicles in its fleet.

  • Adding fuel to the fire was an often ugly war of words between Mr. Gelb and the unions, both in the press and on social media.

  • As they passed the runway, bullets shot up from the tall grass, puncturing a fuel tank.

  • The hills in sight, however, are very considerably wooded, and wood is apparently the common fuel.

  • Adequate, of course; no sense in taking chances with lives that cost so much fuel to bring here.

  • She arrived in Liverpool on the 22d June, having consumed her fuel in ten days.

  • The mountains are covered with wood fit for fuel, mining, architecture, and machinery.

  • Sometimes the sheds are built near the woods where fuel can be procured, and in the immediate vicinity of the tobacco field.