pet‧rol S3 / petrəl / 名词 [不可数名词]

British English a liquid obtained from petroleum that is used to supply power to the engine of cars and other vehicles 同义词 gasoline American English :

unleaded petrol

petrol prices

The petrol tank is leaking.

COLLOCATIONS

短语

a litre of petrol

a tankful/tank of petrol (= the amount of petrol that you need to fill up a car ) He bought a tankful of petrol.

petrol + NOUN

a petrol station (= a place where you take your car to fill it with petrol ) We’d better stop at the next petrol station.

a petrol pump (= a machine for putting petrol into cars at a petrol station )

the petrol tank (= the part of a car where you put the petrol ) The petrol tank was nearly empty.

a petrol tanker (= a vehicle used for carrying petrol )

动词

fill (a vehicle) up with petrol She stopped to fill up with petrol.

run out of petrol They ran out of petrol some miles from their destination.

run on petrol Many older vehicles have been converted to run on unleaded petrol.

use petrol Try to cut your motoring costs and use less petrol.

形容词

unleaded petrol (= petrol that does not contain lead )

leaded petrol (= petrol that contains lead )