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refuel 作及物动词时，宾语是被添加燃料的交通工具或容器；英式拼写作 refuelled/refuelling，美式拼作 refueled/refueling。
The ground crew refuelled the aircraft in under half an hour.
地勤人员在不到半小时内给飞机补充了燃料。
给（车辆、飞机、船等）添加燃料；补给燃料
refueling — present participle of refuel
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
给（车辆、飞机、船等）添加燃料；补给燃料
provide a vehicle, aircraft, or ship with more fuel
The ground crew refuelled the aircraft in under half an hour.
地勤人员在不到半小时内给飞机补充了燃料。
重新加注燃料。
To refill with fuel.
refuel
Base
原形
refuels
3rd person
第三人称单数
refuelling
-ing
现在分词
refuelled
Past
过去式
refuelled
Past participle
过去分词
The plane refuels before every long flight.
飞机每次长途飞行前都要补给燃料。
We refuelled the car at the service station.
我们在服务站给车加了油。
The tanker is refuelling the aircraft right now.
加油车正在给飞机补给燃料。
英式拼写为 refuelled/refuelling，美式可写 refueled/refueling。
We had to stop at the next town to refuel the car before continuing our road trip.
我们不得不在下一个城镇停下来给车加油，然后继续公路旅行。
The plane refuelled at Singapore before flying to Sydney.
飞机在飞往悉尼之前于新加坡加了油。
The ship is refuelling now, so the crew has a few hours of free time.
船正在加油，所以船员们有几个小时的空闲时间。
refuel 作及物动词时，宾语是被添加燃料的交通工具或容器；英式拼写作 refuelled/refuelling，美式拼作 refueled/refueling。
The ground crew refuelled the aircraft in under half an hour.
地勤人员在不到半小时内给飞机补充了燃料。
refuel 作不及物动词时，不接宾语，表示车、船、飞机等补充燃料。
We refuelled twice during the journey.
我们在途中加了两次油。
stop to refuel 表示“停下来以便加油”，to 后接目的；与 stop refuelling（停止加油）含义不同。
We stopped to refuel on the way to the airport.
我们在去机场的路上停下来加油。
Not this
I need to refuel up my car.
Use this
I need to refuel my car.
refuel 本身已含“补充燃料”之意，不能像 fill up 那样再加 up；refuel up 是受 fill up / fuel up 影响产生的赘余表达。
Not this
He refueled gasoline to his car.
Use this
He refueled his car with gasoline.
refuel 的宾语应是交通工具（车、飞机、船），不是燃料；燃料要用 with 引出，不能说 refuel gasoline to ...。
Not this
I refueled the gas station.
Use this
I refueled at the gas station.
refuel 表示交通工具补充燃料时可作不及物动词；地点要用介词 at 引导，不能把地点直接当宾语，否则会变成“给加油站加油”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
给飞机加油
The ground crew refuelled the aircraft in less than fifteen minutes.
地勤人员在不到十五分钟内给飞机加好了油。
停下来加油
We stopped to refuel at a rest area on the highway.
我们在高速公路的服务区停下来加油。
给汽车加油
I refuelled the car before driving back home.
我在开车回家前给车加了油。
在空中加油
The pilots practised how to refuel in midair.
飞行员练习了如何在空中加油。
需要加油
The ship needs refuelling before the next voyage.
这艘船在下一次航行前需要加油。
Use refueling naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 re-（再次）和 fuel（燃料）拼在一起：中途没油了，再次加满燃料，就是 refuel。
语域：neutral 常见场景：机场、加油站、港口 refuel 是中性偏正式的常用词，多用于航空、航海、车辆运输等需要补充燃料的场合；在随意的日常口语中，表示“给车加油”时通常会用更口语化的表达。
真正与 refuel（/riːˈfjuːəl/）押韵的词有 fuel、renewal（BrE /rɪˈnjuːəl/）、duel（BrE /ˈdjuːəl/），它们都以 /juːəl/ 结尾。cruel、jewel、gruel 虽然拼写相近，但读作 /ˈkruːəl/、/ˈdʒuːəl/、/ˈɡruːəl/，没有 /j/ 音，并不完全押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.