名詞 petrol:

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
   同義詞：gasoline, gasolene, gas

1. They had to ration petrol during the war.
   戰(zhàn)時他們不得不限量供給汽油。
2. The police faced a mob throwing bricks and petrol bombs.
   警察面對一群投擲磚塊和汽油彈的暴徒。
3. My car is rather heavy on petrol.
   我的汽車很費油。
4. They have increased the price of petrol again.
   他們又提高了汽油的價格。
5. My new car really runs away with the petrol.
   我的新汽車耗油太多了。
6. The raft was buoyed up by empty petrol cans.
   這木筏依靠空汽油桶的浮力漂浮。
7. The petrol is running out.
   汽油快要耗盡了。
8. Petrol is volatile.
   汽油容易揮發(fā)。

pet.rol

n.Chiefly British （名詞）【多用于英國】
Gasoline.
汽油

來源：
French (essence de) pétrole [(essence of) petroleum, gasoline]
法語 (essence de) pétrole [汽油（的要素），汽油]
from Old French petrole [petroleum]
源自 古法語 petrole [汽油]
from Medieval Latin petrôleum * see petroleum
源自 中世紀拉丁語 petrôleum *參見 petroleum