"lightest volatile liquid obtained from distillation of petroleum," 1864 (alternative spelling gasolene is from 1865), from gas (n.) + -ol (probably here representing Latin oleum "oil") + chemical suffix -ine (2). Shortened form gas was in common use in U.S. by 1897. Gas station as a fuel filling station for automobiles recorded by 1924.
雙語例句
1. Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.
無鉛汽油每加侖漲了1分多。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Certain truck gasoline tanks can rupture and burn in a collision.
某些卡車的油箱在碰撞時可能發生爆裂并起火。
來自柯林斯例句
3. What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?
如果食物和汽油供應減少，會出現什么情況呢？
來自柯林斯例句
4. I fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week.
大約每個星期我加滿一箱汽油。
來自《權威詞典》
5. I siphoned the gasoline out of the car into a can.