单词 | petrol cap |
释义 | > as lemmaspetrol cap petrol cap n. (a) rare the cap of a petrol can; (b) the cap which closes the end of the pipe leading to the fuel tank of a motor vehicle (cf. filler cap at filler n.1 1c). ΚΠ 1931 Times 4 Feb. 8/6 The witness than produced a screw cap which he also found near the petrol tin... Mr Smirk, referring to the petrol cap, said that the solder had been melted. 1940 Times 13 Jan. 14/2 (advt.) Petrol Thefts Increasing.—Lock your petrol cap immediately with a ‘Petroguard’ (patent). 1997 J. Crace Scholar (1998) xx. 321 The words ‘sixteen valve’ were written on the side by the petrol cap, but to Cory none of that really mattered. < as lemmas |
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