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单词 refuelling
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refuellingrefuelingn.

Brit. /ˌriːˈfjuːəlɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈfju(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: 1900s– refueling (chiefly U.S.), 1900s– refuelling.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: refuel v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < refuel v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of refuel v. Frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > liquid > action of fuelling with
tanking1891
refuelling1893
loxing1962
1893 Rep. Mombasa Victoria Lake Railway Surv. i. 7 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7025) LXII. 1 An engine with a single tender could..travel 128 miles without refuelling.
1917 W. S. Churchill in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. i. 93 A sheltered anchorage with refuelling facilities, the whole properly netted and surrounded by an extensive system of mines, will have been created.
1930 Engineering 9 May 612/1 If we permit refuelling in flight.
1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant 9 It was a refueling station never detected by Allied Intelligence.
1996 Holiday Which? Mar. 82/1 On long-haul flights.., some of the cheapest flights can take much longer because of the number of stops for refuelling and connections.
2005 Managem. Today Dec. 40/4 First-half earnings for the avionics and in-flight refuelling firm pushed revenues up 12% to £516m.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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