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/ˈpetrəl/
a liquid fuel that is made from petroleum and that you put into cars, buses, and other vehicles to make their engines work.
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Think of the liquid you pour into a car at a filling station: it comes from oil dug out of the ground, it burns inside the engine, and that burning is what makes the wheels turn. In British English this liquid is called petrol; American English calls the same thing gas or gasoline.
可以想成加油站油槍裡流出來的那種液體：它從地底挖出來的石油提煉而來，倒進車子的油箱後在引擎裡燃燒，車子才會動。這個字…更多收起
可以想成加油站油槍裡流出來的那種液體：它從地底挖出來的石油提煉而來，倒進車子的油箱後在引擎裡燃燒，車子才會動。這個字是英式用法，美式英語講同一個東西會說 gas 或 gasoline，所以看到 petrol station 和 gas station，指的其實是同一種地方。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
petrolnoun/ˈpɛt.ɹəl/
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A fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
- 1987 October 29, Advertisement, New Scientist, page 31, We were the first company to introduce unleaded petrol in Britain, opening our first pump in June 1986.
- 2000 September 27, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, Second Session, Volume 146, Part 14, page 19605, European oil firms are beginning to follow the example of their American counterparts by adding convenience stores to their pumps: the typical American petrol station now makes some 40 percent of its profits from the sale of non-oil products, such as cigarettes and beer.
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informalA motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).
- However, I do feel entitled to criticise the car. There are lots of different versions: manuals and automatics; petrols and diesels; two-wheel drives and four-wheel drives, and it's possible to spend thirty grand on one.
petrolverb/ˈpɛt.ɹəl/
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datedTo fill or supply (a vehicle, etc.) with petrol.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。