Word · Frequency #3100
petrol
汽油
a liquid fuel obtained from petroleum, used mainly in internal-combustion engines
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n a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
汽油；[经] 汽油
汽油；[经] 汽油；挥发油；石油
In use
We ran out of petrol on the motorway and had to call for help.
The price of petrol has gone up again this month.
My brother works at a petrol station near our school.
fill up with petrol
I need to fill up with petrol before the trip.
出发前我需要加满汽油。
at a petrol station
You can buy snacks at a petrol station.
你可以在加油站买零食。
run on petrol
This car runs on petrol.
这辆车使用汽油。
Common mistakes
I need to buy some gas for my car.I need to buy some petrol for my car.
在英式英语中，汽车燃料是 petrol，而 gas 是美式英语用法。中国学习者容易混淆英美词汇。
There is a petrol on the floor.There is petrol on the floor.
petrol 是不可数名词，不能与不定冠词 a 连用。应直接使用 petrol 表示汽油。
Connections
Collocations
- petrol station
- 加油站
- I need to stop at a petrol station to fill up the tank.我需要去加油站加满油箱。
- petrol engine
- 汽油发动机
- Cars with petrol engines are becoming less common.使用汽油发动机的汽车越来越少见。
- petrol pump
- 汽油泵
- The price on the petrol pump has gone up again.汽油泵上的价格又涨了。
- unleaded petrol
- 无铅汽油
- Most modern cars run on unleaded petrol.大多数现代汽车使用无铅汽油。
- petrol tank
- 油箱
- He accidentally punctured the petrol tank.他意外地刺穿了油箱。
- run out of petrol
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Petrol = pet (宠物) + roll (滚动)，给车加汽油让它滚动起来。
Context & Register
register: neutral; typical contexts: petrol station, fueling car, automotive contexts; note_zh: 通常用于英式英语指汽油，中性语境，常见于日常交通话题。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words share the exact rhyme of 'petrol' (/ˈpetrəl/). Words like 'petal', 'metal', and 'pedal' have the same stressed vowel /e/ but end in /tl/ rather than /rəl/. 'Patrol', 'control', and 'trolley' share the spelling chunk '-trol', but their pronunciations differ: 'patrol' and 'control' have a long /oʊ/ and stress on the second syllable, while 'trolley' has /ɑ/ and first-syllable stress.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.