| 单词 | petrol engine |
| 释义 | petrol engine (once / 227295 pages) n WORD FAMILY petrol engine: petrol engines USAGE EXAMPLESPetrol engines work by compressing a mixture of fuel and air, then igniting it using a spark plug. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) The company said cleaner diesel and petrol engines and plug-in hybrid vehicles were also part of its plans. Reuters(Nov 16, 2016) Ford is to cut the level of investment and will halve the production of its new generation of petrol engines at its factory in Bridgend. BBC(Sep 06, 2016) n an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines Syn|Hypo|Hyper gasoline engine put-put a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat) ICE, internal-combustion engine a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine |
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