gas

英 [ɡæs]

美 [ɡæs]

n. 气体; 气体燃料; 煤气; 天然气; (外科手术用)麻醉气
v. 用毒气杀伤(或杀死); 使吸入毒气; 闲聊; 空谈; 瞎扯

复数：gases　现在分词：gassing　过去式：gassed　第三人称单数：gasses　过去分词：gassed　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1205 / COCA.1023

习惯用语

be cooking with gas

noun

非固体 / 液体 not solid/liquid

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
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。
（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。
（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

乐趣 fun

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

verb

用毒气杀死 / 伤害 kill/harm with gas

谈论 talk

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。

N-UNCOUNT 气体燃料；天然气；煤气
Gasis 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。
N-VAR 气体
Agasis 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
N-MASS 毒气，瓦斯（可用作武器）
Gasis 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。
N-MASS （医用）麻醉气
Gasis 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
N-UNCOUNT （车辆用的）汽油
Gasis 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

VERB 用毒气杀死
Togasa 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。
N-SING 活泼有趣的事；令人愉快的场面
You can describe a situation or event asa gaswhen 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。
See also:gas chamber gas mask greenhouse gas laughing gas natural gas tear gas
加大油门；加速
If youstep on the gaswhen you are driving a vehicle, you go faster.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 step on it

noun

a pedal that controls the throttle valve
1. he stepped on the gas
Synonym:acceleratoraccelerator pedalgas pedalthrottlegun
a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Synonym:flatulenceflatulency
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
Synonym:gaseous state
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum
Synonym:gasolinegasolenepetrol
a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
a fossil fuel in the gaseous state
Synonym:natural gas

verb

He put the frying pan on the gas burner.
他把煎锅放在煤气灶上。
The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins.
问题在于废气中含有很多毒素。
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。
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。
Coal is actually cheaper than gas
煤实际上比煤气便宜。
The benzene vaporized and formed a huge cloud of gas
苯蒸发了，形成了一大团气体。
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。
Helium is a gas used in balloons.
氦是一种用于气球的气体。
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。
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。