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gasoline

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles
gas·o·line /ˈɡæsəliːn/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [uncountable] American English  TTCa liquid obtained from petroleum, used mainly for producing power in the engines of cars, trucks etc 汽油 SYN British English petrol
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gasolineAt gasoline stations it is illegal for customers to pump more than 10 gallons a minute.Improved gasoline yields of up to 25 percent have been achieved using them.The main gasoline engine can be turned and its valve gear operates.After the war everything cost more: gasoline, buses, hotel accommodations, and musicians' salaries.The National Rifle Association says taggants in gunpowder might act like a match struck near gasoline.Three hundred gallons of gasoline were loaded today.February unleaded gasoline fell 3. 75 cents to 54. 44 cents a gallon.In Connecticut, a Waterbury man suffered a fatal heart attack Sunday night after going outside to fill his snowblower with gasoline.
gas·o·line nounChineseSyllable
from a mainly liquid used Corpus petroleum, obtained


gasoline
gasoline S3 W3 /ˈɡæsəliːn/ noun [uncountable] American English
a liquid obtained from petroleum, used mainly for producing power in the engines of cars, trucks etc
   SYN  petrol British English


🔑 gas·oline (also gas·olene) BrE /ˈɡæsəliːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæsəliːn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (NAmE) = gas (5) I fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week. 我大约一个星期加满一箱汽油。🔊🔊leaded/unleaded gasoline 含铅/无铅汽油