gasoline

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gas·oline [gasoline gasolines] (also gas·olene)BrE [ˈɡæsəliːn] NAmE [ˈɡæsəliːn] noun uncountable (NAmE)
= ↑gas (⁵)
• I fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week.
•leaded/unleaded gasoline

Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: from ↑gas + -ol + -ine (or -ene).

Example Bank:
•Can you smell gasoline?
•During high school he pumped gasoline to make some money.
•My car runs on unleaded gasoline.
•Smaller cars don't guzzle so much gasoline.
•They can't resist pouring gasoline on a raging fire.
•We ran out of gasoline and had to walk.
•A fire started in a gasoline station near the harbour.
•They bought a ten-gallon can of gasoline.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gasolene, gas, petrol