| 词汇 | gas-guzzling |
| 释义 | gas-guzzling adjective[ before noun ] mainly USinformaluk /ˈɡæsˌɡʌz.lɪŋ/ us /ˈɡæsˌɡʌz.lɪŋ/ (of a car or other vehicle) using a lot of fuel: （汽车或其他车辆）耗油的 There are too many big, gas-guzzling cars cruising the roads.路上有太多大型耗油汽车在行驶。 The popularity of gas-guzzling vehicles is keeping demand for fuel high.因为高油耗汽车受欢迎，导致对燃料的需求居高不下。 See gas guzzler The dealership sells many gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles. The government needs to take urgent steps to control America's gas-guzzling habits. They traded in their gas-guzzling SUV for an electric hybrid. Road vehicles in general airboard all-terrain vehicle amphibian ATV autorickshaw craft diesel HEV HOV hoverboard hybrid hybrid electric vehicle motor vehicle motorcade non-motorized rover snow groomer snowcat vehicle vehicular Examples of gas-guzzlinggas-guzzling We cannot complain about petrol being too expensive, yet at the same time allow the car industry to build gas-guzzling vehicles. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is a gas-guzzling helicopter, which has had its day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But drivers of gas-guzzling vehicles who insist on using key roads at peak periods would certainly pay more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were told of another similar system—an attempt to take gas-guzzling cars off the road—and those, too, were sold on to low-income groups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She has expressed interest in environmental issues, notably her carbon footprint as a gas-guzzling countrywoman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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