• vi. 得到燃料
• vt. 供以燃料，加燃料
• n. 燃料；刺激因素

來自法語，來自拉丁語focal, 火爐的，焦點(diǎn)的，來自PIE*bha, 照耀，發(fā)光，詞源同beacon.引申詞義燃煤，燃料。

fuel

fuel: [14] The notions of ‘fuel’ and ‘fire’ are closely connected etymologically. Fuel comes via Anglo-Norman fuaille from medieval Latin focālia, which was used in legal documents as a term for the ‘right to demand material for making a fire’. It was a derivative of Latin focus ‘fireplace, fire’, which also gave English focus, foyer, and fusillade.
=> focus, foyer, fusillade

fuel (n.)

c. 1200, feuel, feul "fuel, material for burning," also figurative, from Old French foaille "fuel for heating," from Medieval Latin legal term focalia "right to demand material for making fire, right of cutting fuel," from classical Latin focalia "brushwood for fuel," from neuter plural of Latin focalis "pertaining to a hearth," from focus "hearth, fireplace" (see focus (n.)). Figurative use from 1570s. Of food, as fuel for the body, 1876. As "combustible liquid for an internal combustion engine" from 1886. A French derivative is fouailler "woodyard." Fuel-oil is from 1882.

fuel (v.)

1590s, "feed or furnish with fuel," literal and figurative, from fuel (n.). Intransitive sense "to get fuel" (originally firewood) is from 1880. Related: Fueled; fueling.

1. His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate.

他的話必將為爭(zhēng)論推波助瀾。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Investigators say that a fuel explosion may have caused the crash.

調(diào)查員說燃料爆炸有可能是失事的根源。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The rationale of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is inevitably being questioned.

對(duì)核廢料進(jìn)行再加工的理由不可避免地受到了質(zhì)疑。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The authorities have urged people to stock up on fuel.

當(dāng)局已經(jīng)敦促人們儲(chǔ)備燃料。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The new Metro is designed to run on unleaded fuel.

新的地鐵系統(tǒng)設(shè)計(jì)為使用無鉛燃料。

來自柯林斯例句