| 单词 | fuel |
| 释义 | fuel (once / 211 pages) 1nv 2v What do you and your car have in common? You both run on fuel. Whether its gasoline or nutritious food, fuel produces energy to get up and go. Fuel can also act as a verb that has several different meanings, all related to stimulating something or providing energy. Your brother might fuel up on whole-wheat bread with peanut butter a few hours before a big game. A teacher assigns readings to fuel meaningful class discussion. Memories of your mom's delicious dinners might fuel your desire to learn to cook. WORD FAMILYfuel: fueled, fueling, fuelling, fuels, refuel+/fueled: unfueled/refuel: refueled, refueling, refuelled, refuelling, refuels/refueling: refuelings USAGE EXAMPLESThe fuel was ignited by breaking fibers or friction. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Such a move is likely to fuel resentment in the territory of the party’s political control there. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) At the same time, for their role in driving this climate change, fossil fuels are increasingly becoming fuel source non-grata. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a substance that can be consumed to produce energy more fuel is needed during the winter months they developed alternative fuels for aircraft Hypo|Hyper biomass plant materials and animal waste used as fuel butaneoccurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels charcoal, wood coala carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air coal gasgaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting cokecarbon fuel produced by distillation of coal diesel fuel, diesel oila heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines firefuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking fossil fuelfuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content fuel oil, heating oila petroleum product used for fuel gasohola gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrola volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines illuminantsomething that can serve as a source of light coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oila flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirita light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol nuclear fuelfuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity propanecolorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel red firecombustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks combustible, combustible materiala substance that can be burned to provide heat or power water gasa mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal firewoodwood used for fuel igniter, ignitor, lightera substance used to ignite or kindle a fire town gascoal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use dervdiesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle) leaded gasoline, leaded petrolgasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks coalfossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period firelighter(a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire paraffin, paraffin oil(British usage) kerosine napalmgasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers gas, natural gasa fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes gas oilan oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity crude, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oila dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrolgasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound cordwoodfirewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord backlogthe large log at the back of a hearth fire brand, firebranda piece of wood that has been burned or is burning pine knota joint of pine wood used for fuel kindling, punk, spunk, tinder, touchwoodmaterial for starting a fire punksubstance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks) substance a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties 2v provide with fuel Syn|Hyper fire furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 3v take in fuel, as of a ship The tanker fueled in Bahrain Hypo|Hyper refuel take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car take in, take up accept 4v provide with a combustible substance that provides energy 2fuel aircraft, ships, and cars Hypo|Hyper gas up fill with gasoline refuelprovide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars bunkerfill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to v stimulate fuel the debate on creationism Hyper excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
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