diesel

英 ['di?z(?)l] 美['dizl]

CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯CET6+TEM4

復數(shù):?diesels;

【狄塞爾】狄塞爾就是柴油機的發(fā)明者

diesel 柴油

來自其發(fā)明者19世紀德國機械工程師Rudolf Diesel.

diesel: diesel: [19] The name of this type of internalcombustion engine (which runs on oil rather than petrol) commemorates its inventor, the Parisborn Bavarian engineer Rudolf Diesel (1858– 1913). He conceived his idea for the engine in the early 1890s. In its development stage he was almost killed when one exploded, but by 1897 he had succeeded in producing an operable engine. Within a year he was a millionaire. The term diesel is first recorded in English in 1894.
diesel (adj.): 1894, named for Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), German mechanical engineer who designed this type of engine.

1. The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4.: 通用柴油動力火車頭將車廂轉軌到了4號月臺。

3. A large diesel tank mysteriously leaked its contents into the river.: 一個大型柴油罐的柴油莫名其妙地泄漏到河里去了。