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gas station

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles
ˈgas ˌstation noun [countable]  American EnglishTTC a place where you can buy petrol and oil for motor vehicles 加油站 SYN British English petrol station
Examples from the Corpus
gas stationI tried it on two teen-agers at a gas station.In many towns I stopped in, the public buildings were a store, a gas station, and a museum.She then began pointing to a gas station, or what used to be a gas station.Dangling from one hand he carried the object he had brought from the corpse-strewn forecourt of the gas station.Paul was injured during an attempted hold-up of the gas station in which he worked.At nine o'clock he drove to the gas station two blocks south of the hotel.
ˈgas ˌstation nounChineseSyllable
petrol can where a buy for oil Corpus place and you


gas station
ˈgas ˌstation noun [countable]
American English a place where you can buy petrol and oil for motor vehicles
   SYN  petrol station British English


gas stationBrE /ˈɡæs steɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæs steɪʃn/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˈpetrol station) (also ˈfilling station, ˈservice station NAmE, BrE ) nouna place at the side of a road where you take your car to buy petrol/gas, oil, etc. (汽车)加油站