单词	nitromethane
释义	nitromethane noun ni·​tro·​meth·​ane ˌnī-trō-ˈme-ˌthān   British usually  -ˈmē- : a liquid nitroparaffin CH3NO2 that is used as an industrial solvent, in chemical synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets and high-performance engines Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web However, nitromethane is actually much less volatile than gasoline. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2022 Top-fuel dragsters run largely on nitromethane, a volatile fuel that contains oxygen. John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 But Top Fuel dragsters — the long, ultra-fast cars that dominate drag racing — can use up to 23 gallons of a fuel called nitromethane to go 1,000 feet. Elena Shao, SFChronicle.com, 26 July 2019 Federal agents initiated an investigation into Schaefer in late September amid concerns that Schaefer had been buying an explosive liquid called nitromethane, remotes used to set off fireworks and more than one hundred electric matches. Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 19 Oct. 2017 Word History First Known Use 1872, in the meaning defined above
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