单词 | top fuel |
释义 | > as lemmastop fuel top fuel adj. originally and chiefly U.S. of or relating to a class of drag racing in which the vehicles use ‘fuel’ (composed of nitromethane, usually with additions such as methanol, ethanol, or benzene) as opposed to gasoline.Burning nitromethane rather then gasoline makes a piston engine more powerful. ΚΠ 1957 San Bernardino (Calif.) Daily Sun 24 June 9/7 Gene's Brake Shop was the top fuel eliminator and D. & J. Automotive of Los Angeles top gas eliminator during yesterday's drag races at Morrow Drag Strip. 1961 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 22 Nov. 28/1 (advt.) The 8 Eliminators: top, big, middle, little, street, top stock, top motorcycle and top fuel dragster, will each receive a turkey. 2018 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 4 June (Sports section) 5 Peter Lehman gave me my start and took me from forklift driver to Top Fuel driver, so it was pretty cool to have Peter here to watch us win. < as lemmas |
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