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gas guzzler

/gas-guhz-ler/US // ˈgæsˌgʌz lər //

耗油大户,汽油机,煤气罐,耗油大王

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inautomobile

Examples

  • Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.

  • Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.

  • Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.

  • On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.

  • Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.

  • For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.

  • It is allowed to cool, and hydrogen sulphid gas is passed through it for about five minutes.

  • You could not see the water till you got close up, and at a distance only the rows of gas jets were apparent.

  • Gas, it is clear, could not be carried into a hostile country or into remote and nearly inaccessible districts.

  • In its pure state it is a transparent and colourless gas, having a peculiar pungent smell, and highly soluble in water.