petrol

名词 petrol:

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
   同义词：gasoline, gasolene, gas

1. They had to ration petrol during the war.
   战时他们不得不限量供给汽油。
2. The police faced a mob throwing bricks and petrol bombs.
   警察面对一群投掷砖块和汽油弹的暴徒。
3. My car is rather heavy on petrol.
   我的汽车很费油。
4. They have increased the price of petrol again.
   他们又提高了汽油的价格。
5. My new car really runs away with the petrol.
   我的新汽车耗油太多了。
6. The raft was buoyed up by empty petrol cans.
   这木筏依靠空汽油桶的浮力漂浮。
7. The petrol is running out.
   汽油快要耗尽了。
8. Petrol is volatile.
   汽油容易挥发。

pet.rol

n.Chiefly British （名词）【多用于英国】
Gasoline.
汽油

来源：
French (essence de) pétrole [(essence of) petroleum, gasoline]
法语 (essence de) pétrole [汽油（的要素），汽油]
from Old French petrole [petroleum]
源自 古法语 petrole [汽油]
from Medieval Latin petrôleum * see petroleum
源自 中世纪拉丁语 petrôleum *参见 petroleum