gas

noun

非固体 / 液体 not solid/liquid

1. 气体
   any substance like air that is neither a solid nor a liquid, for example hydrogen and oxygen are both gases
   1. Air is a mixture of gases.
      空气为混合气体。
   2. CFC gases
      含氯氟烃气体
   3. a gas bottle/cylinder (= for storing gas)
      气瓶 / 罐
2. 气体燃料；煤气；天然气
   a particular type of gas or mixture of gases used as fuel for heating and cooking
   1. a gas cooker/fire/furnace/oven/ring/stove
      煤气灶；煤气取暖器；煤气锅炉；煤气烤箱；煤气灶火圈；煤气炉
   2. a gas explosion/leak
      气体爆炸；煤气泄漏
   3. gas central heating
      燃气中央供暖系统
   4. Preheat the oven to gas mark 5 (= a particular temperature of a gas oven).
      把烤炉预热至5挡。
3. （外科手术用）麻醉气
   a particular type of gas used during a medical operation, to make the patient sleep or to make the pain less
   1. an anaesthetic gas
      麻醉气体
   2. During the birth she was given gas and air.
      她分娩时用了麻醉混合气体。
4. （战争用）毒气；（警察用）瓦斯
   a particular type of gas used in war to kill or injure people, or used by the police to control people
   1. a gas attack
      毒气攻击

车辆 in vehicle

车辆 in vehicle

车辆 in vehicle

乐趣 fun

5. 有趣的人（或事物）
   a person or an event that is fun
   1. The party was a real gas.
      这次聚会真有趣。

胃 in stomach

胃 in stomach

verb

用毒气杀死 / 伤害 kill/harm with gas

1. 用毒气杀伤（或杀死）；使吸入毒气
   to kill or harm sb by making them breathe poisonous gas

谈论 talk

2. 闲聊；空谈；瞎扯
   to talk for a long time about things that are not important

The form gases is the plural of the noun. The form gasses is the third person singular of the verb. gases为名词的复数形式，gasses为动词的第三人称单数形式。


1. N-UNCOUNT 气体燃料；天然气；煤气
   Gas is a substance like air that is neither liquid nor solid and burns easily. It is used as a fuel for cooking and heating.
   1. Coal is actually cheaper than gas...
      煤实际上比煤气便宜。
   2. Shell signed a contract to develop oil and gas reserves near Archangel.
      壳牌石油公司签订了一份开采阿尔汉格尔附近的石油和天然气资源的合同。
2. N-VAR 气体
   A gas is any substance that is neither liquid nor solid, for example oxygen or hydrogen.
   1. Helium is a very light gas.
      氦是一种非常轻的气体。
   2. ...a huge cloud of gas and dust from the volcanic eruption.
      火山喷发形成的混杂着气体和尘埃的巨大云团
3. N-MASS 毒气，瓦斯（可用作武器）
   Gas is a poisonous gas that can be used as a weapon.
   1. ...mustard gas...
      芥子气
   2. The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins.
      问题在于废气中含有很多毒素。
4. N-MASS （医用）麻醉气
   Gas is a gas used for medical purposes, for example to make patients feel less pain or go to sleep during an operation.
   1. ...an anaesthetic gas used by many dentists.
      为许多牙医使用的一种麻醉气
5. N-UNCOUNT （车辆用的）汽油
   Gas is the fuel which is used to drive motor vehicles.
   1. ...a tank of gas.
      一桶汽油
   2. ...gas stations.
      加油站

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 petrol


6. VERB 用毒气杀死
   To gas a person or animal means to kill them by making them breathe poisonous gas.
   1. Her husband ran a pipe from her car exhaust to the bedroom in an attempt to gas her.
      她的丈夫将一根与她的汽车排气管相通的管子导入卧室，企图用毒气将她杀死。
7. N-SING 活泼有趣的事；令人愉快的场面
   You can describe a situation or event as a gas when it is very lively, amusing, and enjoyable.
   1. It was really a gas to find someone I could talk with.
      找到一个能和我谈得来的人真是一件让人高兴的事。
8. See also: gas chamber gas mask greenhouse gas laughing gas natural gas tear gas
9. 加大油门；加速
   If you step on the gas when you are driving a vehicle, you go faster.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 step on it

1. He put the frying pan on the gas burner.
   他把煎锅放在煤气灶上。
2. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests
   军队使用催泪瓦斯和枪托驱散示威者。
3. Riot police hurled tear gas canisters and smoke bombs into the crowd.
   防暴警察向人群中投掷了催泪瓦斯罐和烟幕弹。
4. Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.
   如今在大部分地区，燃油和天然气已经取代了煤炭和木头。
5. The compressed gas is cooled and condenses into a liquid
   压缩气体经冷却凝结成液态。
6. A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes
   邻居车库下面的煤气总管裂开了，煤气渗入了我们家。
7. The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction
   当地经济过于依赖石油和天然气的开采。
8. Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power.
   煤炭将让位于天然气和核能。
9. It is less polluting than power stations fuelled by oil, coal and gas.
   比起以石油、煤和天然气为燃料的发电站来说，它的污染要小。
10. We should conserve oil and gas by making full use of other energy sources
    我们应该通过充分利用其他能源来节省石油和天然气。
11. Coal is actually cheaper than gas
    煤实际上比煤气便宜。
12. Shell signed a contract to develop oil and gas reserves near Archangel.
    壳牌石油公司签订了一份开采阿尔汉格尔附近的石油和天然气资源的合同。
13. Helium is a very light gas.
    氦是一种非常轻的气体。
14. The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins.
    问题在于废气中含有很多毒素。
15. Her husband ran a pipe from her car exhaust to the bedroom in an attempt to gas her.
    她的丈夫将一根与她的汽车排气管相通的管子导入卧室，企图用毒气将她杀死。
16. It was really a gas to find someone I could talk with.
    找到一个能和我谈得来的人真是一件让人高兴的事。
17. Sid's amazing wealth comes from holdings in oil, gas, land and property.
    锡德惊人的财富来自他在石油、天然气和房地产领域持有的股份。
18. Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire
    煤气系统的官员正在调查一起瓦斯爆炸的起因，这起事故严重毁坏了汉普郡的一所房屋。
19. The plant makes plastic covered steel pipes for the oil and gas industries.
    这家工厂为石油和燃气企业生产包塑钢管。
20. The gas is seeping out of the rocks
    气体正从岩石中渗出。
21. Make sure that all gas fires and central heating boilers are serviced annually.
    确保所有的煤气取暖器和中央供暖的锅炉每年都检修一次。
22. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come.
    诸如煤、石油和天然气之类的矿物燃料会在以后很长一段时间里满足我们的需求。
23. As soon as we opened the front door we could smell the gas.
    我们一打开前门，就闻到了煤气的味道。
24. She put the kettle on the gas stove.
    她将水壶放在煤气炉上。
25. The benzene vaporized and formed a huge cloud of gas
    苯蒸发了，形成了一大团气体。
26. This corner would make a good location for a gas station.
    这个拐角将是设立一个加油站的好地点。
27. She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.
    她关掉了煤气，够机灵的。
28. Poison gas blew off and endangered the lives of hundreds of persons.
    毒气喷出来，危及了几百人的生命。
29. Helium is a gas used in balloons.
    氦是一种用于气球的气体。
30. The gas is leaking from the pipe.
    煤气管道走气了。

n.

be cooking with gas

• 如火如荼地进行；做得起劲
  to be doing sth very well and successfully

noun

1. a pedal that controls the throttle valve
   1. he stepped on the gas

   Synonym:    acceleratoraccelerator pedalgas pedalthrottlegun

2. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

   Synonym:    flatulenceflatulency

3. the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity

   Synonym:    gaseous state

4. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum

   Synonym:    gasolinegasolenepetrol

5. a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

6. a fossil fuel in the gaseous state

   Synonym:    natural gas

verb

1. show off

   Synonym:    boasttoutswashshoot a linebragblowblustervauntgasconade

2. attack with gas
   1. The despot gassed the rebellious tribes