| 单词 | octane |
| 释义 | Related topics: Motor vehicles, Gas, coal, oiloc·tane /ˈɒkteɪn $ ˈɑːk-/ noun [uncountable] TTCTPGa type of hydrocarbon that is in fuel and is used as a measure of its quality 辛烷 low octane petrol 低辛烷值汽油 high octane fuel 高辛烷值燃料Examples from the Corpusoctane• All petrol engines run on 91 octane unleaded fuel and are equipped with modern fuel injection and three-way exhaust catalysts.• high-octane gasoline• It will take many years to phase out existing cars that run on high octane leaded petrol.• The problems of all five aircraft were thought to have been caused by fuel with a low octane level.• For now it's beer, wine and low octane wine margaritas.• The motor industry thinks different, Retooling to make cars that run on low octane fuel will cost money.• Problems caused by using fuel with a too low octane rating.• Low octane petrol is readily available almost everywhere, while paraffin is widely used in the third world.• When lead is added to petrol it improves a car's performance by increasing the octane rating.Origin octane (1800-1900) Latin octo “eight”; because it has eight carbon atomsoc·tane nounChineseSyllable Corpus type a is used and that in of fuel is hydrocarbon |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含236457条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。