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单词 gas
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gas

noun
 
/ɡæs/
/ɡæs/
(plural gases, less frequent gasses)
Idioms
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    not solid/liquid

  1.  
    [countable, uncountable] any substance like air that is neither a solid nor a liquid, for example hydrogen or oxygen
    • Air is a mixture of gases.
    • Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas.
    see also greenhouse gas, marsh gas, noble gas
    Extra Examples
    • It gives off a poisonous gas as it decomposes.
    • Noxious gases had built up in the sewer.
    • Toxic gases can escape through one of the pipes.
    • Producing methane gas from organic waste is another extremely practical use of resources.
    • CFC gases
    Topics Physics and chemistrya2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deadly
    • noxious
    • poisonous
    verb + gas
    • emit
    • give off
    • produce
    gas + verb
    • build up
    gas + noun
    • leak
    • emissions
    • chamber
    See full entry
  2.  
    [uncountable] a particular type of gas or mixture of gases used as fuel for heating and cooking
    • fossil fuels like oil and gas
    • Can you smell gas?
    • a gas cooker/stove/fire
    • gas central heating
    • a gas leak/explosion
    • plans to build a new gas pipeline
    • Gas prices have risen sharply.
    • The country has huge gas reserves.
    • a gas canister/cylinder (= for storing gas)
    • (British English) Preheat the oven to gas mark 5 (= a particular temperature of a gas oven).
    see also Calor gas™, coal gas, natural gas, shale gas
    Extra Examples
    • Chinese gas reserves are now being tapped.
    • I lit the gas and put the soup on to warm.
    • I prefer to cook with gas.
    • Local gas works were closed as natural gas became available.
    • tapping the North Sea gas fields
    • The explosion was caused by a gas leak.
    Topics The environmenta2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • butane
    • coal
    • natural
    verb + gas
    • cook with
    • light
    • turn on
    gas + noun
    • appliance
    • boiler
    • central heating
    phrases
    • gas mark 2, 3, etc.
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] a particular type of gas used during a medical operation, to make the patient unconscious or to make the pain less
    • an anaesthetic gas
    • Did you have gas or an injection?
    • During the birth she was given gas and air.
  4. [uncountable] a particular type of gas used in war to kill or injure people, or used by the police to control people
    • a gas attack
    see also CS gas, mustard gas, nerve gas, tear gas
  5. in vehicle

  6.  
    (also gasoline)
    (both North American English)
    (British English petrol)
    [uncountable] a liquid obtained from petroleum, used as fuel in car engines, etc.
    • to run out of gas
    • I still had plenty of gas in the tank.
    • He supported himself with a night job pumping gas.
    • a gas pump
    • to fill up the gas tank
    see also gas station (1)Topics The environmenta2, Transport by car or lorrya2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarygas + noun
    • pedal
    • station
    See full entry
  7. the gas
    [singular]
    (also gas pedal [countable] (both especially North American English))
    (also accelerator [countable] British and North American English)
    the pedal in a car or other vehicle that you press with your foot to control the speed of the engine
    • Step on the gas, we're late.
  8. fun

  9. [singular] (especially North American English) a person or an event that is fun
    • The party was a real gas.
  10. in stomach

  11. (North American English)
    (British English wind)
    [uncountable] air that you swallow with food or drink; gas that is produced in your stomach or intestines that makes you feel uncomfortable
  12. Word Originmid 17th cent.: invented by J. B. van Helmont (1577–1644), Belgian chemist, to denote an occult principle which he believed to exist in all matter; suggested by Greek khaos ‘chaos’, with Dutch g representing Greek kh.
Idioms
be cooking with gas
  1. (informal) to be doing something very well and successfullyTopics Successc2

gas

verb
/ɡæs/
/ɡæs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gas
/ɡæs/
/ɡæs/
he / she / it gases
/ˈɡæsɪz/
/ˈɡæsɪz/
past simple gassed
/ɡæst/
/ɡæst/
past participle gassed
/ɡæst/
/ɡæst/
-ing form gassing
/ˈɡæsɪŋ/
/ˈɡæsɪŋ/
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    kill/harm with gas

  1. [transitive] gas somebody/yourself to kill or harm somebody by making them breathe poisonous gas
    • She gassed herself with fumes from the car’s exhaust pipe.
    • He was gassed in the war.
  2. talk

  3. [intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses) (old-fashioned, informal) to talk for a long time about things that are not important synonym chat
    • I thought he’d never stop gassing!
  4. Word Originmid 17th cent.: invented by J. B. van Helmont (1577–1644), Belgian chemist, to denote an occult principle which he believed to exist in all matter; suggested by Greek khaos ‘chaos’, with Dutch g representing Greek kh.
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