- (also diesel fuel, diesel oil)[uncountable]
a type of heavy oil used as a fuel instead of petrol 柴油 a diesel engine (= one that burns diesel) 柴油機 diesel cars/locomotives/trains 柴油汽車/機車/火車
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1The diesel model is slightly more expensive. 柴油車型稍貴些。 These buses run on diesel. 這些公共汽車燒柴油。 It's one of the best diesel cars you can buy. 這是你能買到的最好的柴油車之一。 Nearly 300 litres of diesel oil were spilt in the river. 將近300升柴油灑在了河裏。 The diesel engine burns its fuel much more efficiently. 柴油發動機能更有效地利用燃料。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + diesel- run on
- use
- generator
- power
- fuel
- …
- [countable]
a vehicle that uses diesel fuel Topics Transport by car or lorryc1柴油車;内燃機車
Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after R. Diesel (1858-1913), the inventor of the diesel engine .