petrol
US: /ˈpɛtɹoʊɫ/
UK: /pˈɛtɹəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
petrol /'petrəl/- danh từ
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Advanced English dictionary
(BrE) (AmE gasoline, gas)+ noun
[U] a liquid obtained from PETROLEUM, used as fuel in car engines, etc: to fill a car up with petrol + the petrol tank of a car + an increase in petrol prices + leaded / unleaded petrol
Compare: DIESEL
Collocation
ADJ.
lead-free, ultra-low sulphur
(=
ULSP
),
unleaded | leaded, lead replacement
(=
LRP
)
| high-octane
QUANT.
litre, tankful
VERB + PETROL
fill up with, fill sth (up) with | run on, take, use
My car runs on unleaded petrol.
| run out of
We ran out of petrol and had to walk to the nearest garage.
| douse sb/sth in/with, pour
Thugs poured petrol over a schoolboy and tried to set him alight.
| smell (of)
Can you smell petrol? The air smelled of petrol.
PETROL + VERB
burn, ignite
PETROL + NOUN
engine, tank | gauge, pump | station | tanker | fumes | prices | tax | bomb
Concise dictionary
'petrəlnoun
+a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
