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petrol

/pe-truhl/US // ˈpɛ trəl //UK // (ˈpɛtrəl) //

汽油,石油,燃油,汽油机

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : British. gasoline.
    • : Archaic. petroleum.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pet·rolled, pet·rol·ling.

    • : British. to clean with gasoline.

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Examples

  • If the government is trying to stimulate the hospitality industry in a certain area, for example, it can program money to be used for meals and drinks but not for, say, petrol or power tools.

  • Yes, the fact many governments around the world are setting targets to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles gives impetus to the process.

  • Fed up with rising petrol prices, a Mumbaikar goes to a petrol pump to buy “two to four rupees” of petrol in order to “spray on his car” in order to “burn it.”

  • Sylvain Filippi, managing director, Envision Virgin Racing Formula E TeamIn some ways, electric motorsports are building on a legacy created by their petrol counterparts.

  • As we follow Samson to a petrol station, another story emerges.

  • His wife works for Suncor, a Canadian Petrol company that was among the first to operate in the tar sands.

  • The pro-Russian activists rushed inside for shelter, and soon both sides were hurling petrol bombs at each other.

  • Petrol will disappear but the national park will last forever,” he said.

  • It crowd-sources petrol prices and was widely used during a recent petrol shortage in Kampala.

  • Gray smoke from its engine mingled with petrol fumes and a metallic smell of burning.

  • Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.

  • Evidently the petrol had burnt out; but not so the fire, alas!

  • "Plenty of petrol—enough for all night, I should say," he reported.

  • Would you mind telling me how you are equipped with oil and petrol?

  • Hannam, assisted by Bickerton, Madigan and others, had laid heavy and firm foundations for the petrol-motor and generator.