gas

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n. 气体, 汽油, 瓦斯 [化] 气体; 煤气; 瓦斯; 毒气

发音

US /ɡæs/
UK /ɡæs/
/ɡɛəs/
其它 /ɡæz/
其它 /ɡɛəz/

词形变化

gases 复数 gasses 复数 gases 三单 gasses 三单 gassing 现在分词 gassed 过去式 gassed 过去分词 gasser 比较级 gassest 最高级

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.

    气体

    不可数 化学 可数

    A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.

  2. 2.

    Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.

    A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.

    不可数 化学 可数

    Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.

  3. 3.

    Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.

    Poison gas.

    不可数 化学 政治 军事 可数

    The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.

  4. 4.

    A chemical element or compound in such a state.

    可数 化学 不可数

    The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.

  5. 5.

    A hob on a gas cooker.

    可数 不可数

    She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.

  6. 6.

    Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.

    不可数 可数

    My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.

  7. 7.

    The supply of natural gas, as a utility.

    定语 可数 不可数 商务
  8. 8.

    A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.

    可数 过时 俚语 不可数
  9. 9.

    Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  10. 10.

    A fastball.

    可数 不可数 体育 游戏

    The closer threw him nothing but gas.

  11. 11.

    Arterial or venous blood gas.

    非正式 可数 不可数 医学
  12. 1.

    Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

    汽油

    加拿大 新西兰 美国 不可数 可数
  13. 2.

    An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.

    不可数 商务 金融 可数

    gas fee

  14. 3.

    Marijuana, typically of high quality.

    俚语 不可数 可数
  15. 4.

    Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.

    不可数 引申义 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To attack or kill with poison gas.

    及物

    The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

    He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.

  2. 2.

    To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.

    不及物 俚语
  4. 4.

    To emit gas.

    不及物

    The battery cell was gassing.

  5. 5.

    To impregnate with gas.

    及物

    to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder

  6. 6.

    To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

    及物

    to gas thread

  7. 7.

    To impose upon by talking boastfully.

    俚语 及物
  8. 1.

    To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.

    美国

    The cops are coming. Gas it!

  9. 2.

    To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

    美国
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of high quality.

    俚语 不可数

    This food is gas.

  2. 1.

    Comical, zany; fun, amusing.

    俚语

    Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.

    It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

词汇关系

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.

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