gas
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(physical, uncountable)(uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
Đồng nghĩa: vapor, vapour
- 2.
(countable, physical)(countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
- 3.
(countable)A hob on a gas cooker.
She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
- 4.
(uncountable)Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
Đồng nghĩa: wind
- 5.
(attributive, countable, often, uncountable)(business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- 6.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
- 7.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)(baseball) A fastball.
The closer threw him nothing but gas.
- 9.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)(medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- 10.
(Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US, uncountable)Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
Đồng nghĩa: gasoline, petrol, black gold, dino juice, dino oil, dinosaur juice, dinosaur oil, gas, gasoline, juice, oil, petrol, petroleum, Texas tea
- 11.
(abbreviation, alt of, broadly, ellipsis, uncountable)(uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- 12.
(uncountable)(uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
gas fee
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To attack or kill with poison gas.
The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
- 2.
(transitive)To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- 3.
(intransitive, slang)To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- 4.
(slang, transitive)To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- 5.
(intransitive)To emit gas.
The battery cell was gassing.
- 6.
(transitive)To impregnate with gas.
to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
- 7.
(transitive)To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
to gas thread
- 8.
(US)To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
The cops are coming. Gas it!
Đồng nghĩa: hit the gas, step on the gas
- 9.
(US)To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
Đồng nghĩa: refuel
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(slang, uncountable)Of high quality.
This food is gas.
- 2.
(slang)Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
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Dutch gas, Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (chasm, void, empty space); perhaps also inspired by geest (breath, vapour, spirit). chaos. 1648.