| 单词 | gas |
| 释义 | gas (gæs ) Word forms: gases , gasses , gassing , gassed language note: The form gases is the plural of the noun. The form gasses is the third person singular of the verb. 1. uncountable noun A2 Gas is a substance like air that is neither liquid nor solid and burns easily. It is used as a fuel for cooking and heating. Coal is actually cheaper than gas. ...a contract to develop oil and gas reserves. 2. variable noun B2 A gas is any substance that is neither liquid nor solid, for example oxygen or hydrogen. Helium is a very light gas. ...a huge cloud of gas and dust from the volcanic eruption. 3. variable noun B2 Gas is a poisonous gas that can be used as a weapon. ...mustard gas. The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins. 4. variable noun Gas is a gas used for medical purposes, for example to make patients feel less pain or go to sleep during an operation. [informal] ...an anaesthetic gas used by many dentists. 5. uncountable noun Gas is the fuel which is used to drive motor vehicles. [US] ...a tank of gas. ...gas stations. Synonyms: petrol, gasoline [US, Canadian, New Zealand] 6. verb To gas a person or animal means to kill them by making them breathe poisonous gas. Hundreds of thousands of rabbits are to be gassed because they are destroying the environment. [VERB noun] 7. singular noun [a NOUN] You can describe a situation or event as a gas when it is very lively, amusing, and enjoyable. [informal, old-fashioned] It was really a gas to find someone I could talk with. 8. See also gas chamber, gas mask, greenhouse gas, laughing gas, natural gas, tear gas 9. step on the gas phrase If you step on the gas when you are driving a vehicle, you go faster. [mainly US, informal] regional note: in BRIT, use step on itIdioms: run out of gas [mainly US] to suddenly feel very tired or lose interest in what you are doing Miller, who missed second place by four seconds, said she `ran out of gas' close to the finish. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: gas grill It's best cooked over a gas grill (where you can better control the flame) or in a griddle pan on the stove. ST As the oily compounds combust on impact with either the charcoal or the gas grill, they coat the food with aromatic compounds. Times, Sunday Times Inspired, he designed and built a coffee roaster in a gas grill in his garage. Christianity Today It's expensive as charcoal barbecues go, but it's still cheaper than a gas grill - and much more flexible. Times, Sunday Times With a mechanic he had soon produced a continuous-chain 'flame broiler', which moved the burgers over a gas grill. Times, Sunday Times Even the oil and gas industry seems to be past the worst, at least for now. Times,Sunday Times The gas industry alone has about 190,000 workers while electricity employs about 86,000 people, oil extraction about 170,000 and the nuclear industry about 50,000. Times, Sunday Times It may have passed you by but yesterday morning the nation's gas industry went on high alert. Times, Sunday Times We are used to the gas industry in this area and it contributes to our rural economy. Times, Sunday Times The company makes buoyancy and insulation equipment for the deep-water oil and gas industry. Times, Sunday Times It is the sound of the largest, smuggest gas leak in history. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This booklet contains information ranging from use of employee identity cards, to what to do if there is a gas leak. Stay Well This Winter (1989) I reported a gas leak on a busy main road near a bus stop. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Investigators are still studying the home's wreckage to find the cause of a gas leak which ignited when central heating was turned on. The Sun (2008) Or a gas leak that can put you to sleep without you feeling a thing? Times, Sunday Times (2009) The gas particle animation, using pink and green particles, illustrates how this behavior results in the spreading out of gases (entropy). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This situation can be described by first restricting attention to a single gas particle, and approximating the rest of the gas by a spherically symmetric distribution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The volume of the balloon in the video shrinks when the trapped gas particles slow down with the addition of extremely cold nitrogen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Effectively, the cavity restricts the movement of the gas particles, decreasing the thermal conductivity in addition to eliminating convection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Kinetic energy added (endothermic process) to gas particles by way of collisions produces linear, rotational, and vibrational motion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would equate to a gas price rise of 5-6 per cent for homes if the costs were passed through to customers. Times, Sunday Times The price of natural gas price has plummeted by two-thirds from its pre-recession high and cheap energy has led to an industrial renaissance. Times, Sunday Times Is the company rushing to get its price increase in place to lock in profit before the gas price begins to slide? Times, Sunday Times The wholesale gas price for same-day delivery hit 150p a therm at one point, a 50 per cent rise on the day before. The Sun But before that 'we want to get more confident on the gas price'. Times, Sunday Times Almost 50% were affected by the gas shortage, with 11 companies already completely shut down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By continuing to work together we can lessen the impact of the gas shortage on our state, on our businesses and our families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The last time gas supplies were cut to big industrial customers was in 2010 because of severe gas shortages. Times, Sunday Times In the event of gas shortages, which are likely if we have a hard winter, nurseries are also one of the first businesses to have supplies cut. The Sun He faces a choice between gas shortages or sharp increases in fuel prices that could trigger a slump. Times, Sunday Times The electricity and gas supplier improved by 28p to 13.88 as sentiment towards the shares was bolstered by their safer qualities. Times, Sunday Times However, some websites charge about 40 each time a customer changes electricity or gas supplier. Times, Sunday Times Dual fuel may not be the cheapest option, however, as the best gas supplier in your area may not be the most competitive electricity provider. Times, Sunday Times Since we pay the bills, can we challenge the landlord's choice of gas supplier? Times, Sunday Times Another call centre about to try to get you to change your gas supplier, or bank, or some such thing. Times, Sunday Times Then there are toxic gases, volcanic landslips, very fast moving flows of ash, hot gas and rock, and other hazards. Times, Sunday Times As the two clusters merged at millions of miles per hour, the hot gas collided and slowed down, while the dark matter did not, explaining the wider spread of blue. Times, Sunday Times At both times the moon expelled large amounts of hot gas and water vapour from its interior. The Sun Her work has involved looking at the hot gas that accumulates near a variety of astronomical objects, such as binary stars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The central galaxy in the cluster contains vast amounts of hot gas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ten minutes later he lit a cigarette, which ignited gas from the spray and caused a huge explosion. The Sun A ventilation system he designed a century ago allowed the blaze to spread after a projector ignited gases from expanding foam used in a student project. Times, Sunday Times The cause of that blaze was later found to be a projector that had ignited gases from expanding foam used in a student project. Times, Sunday Times It stated that smoking, sparking of electrical equipment, or frictionally ignited gas are among the probable igniting sources. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He used the brine and an area of shale that seeped an odorless, easily ignited gas to dry the salt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2010 an independent report on a neighbouring property warned of a 'potential risk from landfill gas'. Times, Sunday Times Biomass includes landfill gas, sewage, wood, energy crops, agricultural residues and waste. Times, Sunday Times Its revenues are powered by the amount of electricity it exports to the national grid and the price it receives for that and by harnessing landfill gas. Times, Sunday Times In addition to the risk of fire and explosion, gas migration in the subsurface can result in contact of landfill gas with groundwater. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Groundwater has been investigated from 15 observation and sample tubes and landfill gas in 20 separate points. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's not the coal that is the attraction, but the methane gas trapped in the unmined seams. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Studies of the Red Planet are said to have detected methane gas. The Sun (2009) The truck runs on methane gas produced from rotting landfill. The Sun (2008) Moreover, they generate spin-off and synergy for industries including offshore gas and oil, nuclear, energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, health products and many others. Times, Sunday Times Recently natural offshore gas deposits have been discovered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Key elements of the bill address nuclear, carbon capture and storage, renewables, and offshore gas and oil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When cops found him at a park outside the vehicle he had inhaled poisonous gas but was alive. The Sun Once someone told us they were seeing apparitions, but our meter discovered high levels of carbon monoxide - they'd been hallucinating because of the poisonous gas. The Sun I can picture the self-obsessed outrage swirling like poisonous gas around that particular family table. Times, Sunday Times The recovery effort has frequently been hindered by dangerously high levels of poisonous gas, forcing rescue workers to halt their operation. Times, Sunday Times He also rejected suggestions that because his lung was crushed, he might have inhaled less of the poisonous gas. Times, Sunday Times Last week the company said it would spend 640m on buying shale licences and building up the necessary supply chain to produce gas. Times, Sunday Times After months of drilling — then fracking — a site can produce gas without repeating the process for decades. The Sun We all have bugs in our bowel which produce gas - some of us more than others. The Sun They produce gas to be burned for energy and byproducts such as fertiliser. Times, Sunday Times The research also pointed out that energy suppliers profit from wholesale price rises because they also produce gas and electricty and sell it on. Times, Sunday Times It also needs to get the message over that fracking will reduce gas imports and give us security of supply. Times, Sunday Times Its decision to reduce gas prices by 17 per cent and electricity tariffs by 11 per cent has already triggered a response from rival energy companies. Times, Sunday Times By 2021, the target plans to reduce gas imports to 30%, while raising coal contributions to 53%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dehydration may reduce gas solubility in a tissue due to higher concentration of other solutes, and less solvent to hold the gas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Though these enzymes help reduce gas and belching, they may not always reduce bloating. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fracking involves blasting large amounts of water and chemicals at high pressure into rock to release gas. Times, Sunday Times Opponents have raised environmental concerns about the process, which involves blasting water and chemicals into shale rock to release gas. Times, Sunday Times The process involves blasting water and chemicals into rock to release gas. Times, Sunday Times Fracking involves pumping water, sand and chemicals into the ground at high pressure to hydraulically fracture the rock and release gas trapped within it. Times, Sunday Times Fracking — hydraulic fracturing — involves pumping water and chemicals deep underground to split shale rock and release gas. The Sun The impact of more gas from fracking could mean reduced profitability for firms that supply gas as the price of the fuel falls. Times, Sunday Times Energy companies should be simpler and more open with businesses about the prices they charge to supply gas and electricity, according to the main lobby group for small entrepreneurs. Times, Sunday Times Currently 161 companies are licensed to supply electricity and 129 to supply gas. Times, Sunday Times Mass flow controllers require the supply gas to be within a specific pressure range. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They use a mixed supply gas with a higher oxygen fraction than the steady state loop gas mixture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They need to breathe toxic gas the way humans need oxygen. Times, Sunday Times It's colourless, odourless and, like the toxic gas radon, undetectable. Times, Sunday Times This toxic gas cuts the amount of oxygen in the blood. The Sun Attributing responsibility for the deliberate use of the toxic gas could clear the way for action, including the imposition of sanctions. Times, Sunday Times Giant 'burps' periodically bring toxic gas and debris to the surface and slough away more land. Times, Sunday Times He also wanted to achieve high spatial resolution so that the wind systems moving the trace gases around could be better understood. Times, Sunday Times He wanted to build an instrument that could measure, with high accuracy, a wide range of trace gases in the atmosphere involved with ozone chemistry, including chlorofluorocarbons. Times, Sunday Times However, water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gases are opaque to many wavelengths of thermal infrared energy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Experimental studies on the exchange of trace gases and aerosols between biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere are carried out there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its high spectral resolution over a wide range of wavelengths can detect many trace gases even in tiny concentrations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tiny fissures are opened in the rock, through which the trapped gas can then escape, be brought to the surface and piped off. Times, Sunday Times The tube relieves the pressure by releasing all that trapped gas. The Sun How much trapped gas would they release? Times, Sunday Times Some infant colic drops contain an active ingredient called simeticone, an 'anti-foaming' agent that brings together small trapped gas bubbles to create larger ones that are more easily passed. Times, Sunday Times If we didn't, the trapped gasses would cause intestinal discomfort. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 煤气, 用毒气杀死 Japanese: ガス, 毒ガスで殺す |
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