英文字典中文字典


英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com



中文字典辞典   英文字典 a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z       







请输入英文单字，中文词皆可：

diesel    音标拼音: [d'isəl] [d'izəl]
n. 柴油

柴油

Diesel
n 1: German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel
engine (1858-1913) [synonym: {Diesel}, {Rudolf Diesel}, {Rudolf
Christian Karl Diesel}]
2: an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [synonym:
{diesel}, {diesel engine}, {diesel motor}]

Diesel \Diesel\, Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ or Diesel motor
\Die"sel mo`tor\ (d[=e]"zel). [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of
Munich, the inventor.]
A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn
in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the
heat generated ignites the fuel (usually a heavy oil), the
fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under
pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal
efficiency.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!


中文字典英文字典工具:
选择颜色:
输入中英文单字

































































英文字典中文字典相关资料:


  • Etymological origin of deosil and widdershins
    Deosil comes from Gaelic (both the Irish and Scottish forms, found as deiseil, deiseal and deasal), and means "right", being the direction one turns when going clockwise
  • Are names of chemicals not proper nouns?
    Product names which are derived after an inventor's name will often remain capitalized, though not always (e g the petroleum distillate used to power trucks and locomotives is called "diesel" rather than "Diesel" even though it's named after the inventor of the four-stroke compression-ignition engine for which that fuel was formulated)
  • Same adjective for two nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Likewise "diesel engines and fuel" – that must mean all fuel, they will say But if you're trying to craft lawyer-proof text, I take your point I don't think anything is proof against such perversity, and the hyphen suggestion is nonsense, so maybe you'd better bite the bullet and keep two adjectives
  • word usage - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Diesel is a name he chose to adopt, so in saying it is no accident that his name is Diesel he was referring to the fact that the name Diesel was a deliberate choice he made Assuming he made the choice because of his interest in cars then it is not a coincidence either He was basically saying "this is why I call myself Diesel"
  • Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
    Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
  • formality - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    It is not grammatical to say "the oversupply and overconsumption of diesel than what is socially optimal" One problem is that the presence of the nouns "oversupply" and "overconsumption" does not warrant the use of the word "than" The word "than" is used with a preceding adjective, as in the expressions "higher than" or "greater than"
  • World-famous vs internationally recognized
    Internationally recognised is a bit more modest than world-famous in that recognition is milder than fame At the same time it's a more significant boast in that we tend only to use recognised about people who are commendable
  • Origin of the phrase Now were cooking with
    Origin Gas cookers began to replace wood-burners around 1915, and the actual phrase was used by Hollywood radio comedians around December 1939, and then appropriated by gas companies to promote gas cooking from around 1941 onwards
  • word choice - What types of sounds do cars make? - English Language . . .
    A driving car makes a different sound than a car that is starting up A driving car might purr if it's a good car, or hum or drone
  • What is the origin of sucker and it sucks?
    etymonline has for suck: O E sucan, from PIE root sug- suk-of imitative origin Meaning “do fellatio” is first recorded 1928





中文字典-英文字典  2005-2009