petrol tank

1. （机动车辆的）油箱
   The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.

in AM, use 美国英语用 gas tank

1. A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.
   如果把水灌进油箱，汽车会猛然间停下来。
2. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
   她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油，致使发动机发生故障。
3. Besides, the petrol tank in his tank is empty.
   此外他坦克里的油箱空了。
4. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hold in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
   我们相信石块迟早要把油箱砸出洞来，或者损伤发动机。
5. The petrol tank in our car is empty.
   我们车子的油箱空了。
6. Nothing's the matter with the engine-perhaps there's no petrol in the tank.
   发动机没有毛病&也许油箱里没有汽油了。
7. I need a funnel to pour petrol into the tank.
   我需要一个漏斗把汽油灌进油箱。
8. Mixing it with cold water produces large amount of anions that react with the intake and exhaust valve of the petrol tank and explosion chamber through the cooling pipe in the engine.
   与冷却水混合使用后带有大量负离子可由引擎的冷却水管直接与汽缸及燃烧室、吸排气的气门产生作用。
9. "The petrol tank's nearly empty."" what do you mean, nearly empty! I filled up on my way home."
   “汽油箱快空了。”“你讲‘快空了’是什么意思！我回家的路上才加的油。”
10. There isn't any petrol in the tank. Please fill it up.
    油箱里没有油了。请把它加满。
11. The petrol tank no longer sits in front of the dashboard below the driver's window. It is at the rear where petrol tanks should be.
    油箱不再装在司机窗下的仪表板前面，而是装在车后部应在的位置上。
12. If the bullets had hit something vital, like my petrol tank or wing, then I would have had to abandon the aircraft.
    要是子弹打中的是油箱或者机翼等关键部位，我就得弃机逃命了。
13. It's no joke when water gets into the petrol tank.
    水进到汽油箱里可不是闹着玩的事。
14. If you're short of petrol you can siphon off a gallon from my tank.
    如果你汽油不够，可以从我的油箱里用虹吸管吸取一加仑。
15. The petrol tank is empty. I()( fill) it up before we left home.
    油箱空了，我本该在出门之前加满油的！
16. He is siphoning out petrol from a tank.
    他在从油罐里吸出汽油。
17. How much petrol is there in the tank?
    油箱里有多少汽油？
18. They topped up the petrol tank before starting their journey.
    他们上路前把油箱灌满。
19. There is a lot of petrol in the tank on the domestic front. On the foreign investor side, valuations are going to have to become more realistic if we are going to see growth in this area.
    国内方面底气十足，而在外国投资者方面，如果我们要看到这个领域的增长，估值就必须更为现实。
20. The thieves had siphoned petrol out of my tank.
    小偷们把我们油箱中的汽油抽取出。
21. When you go round a corner you can hear the petrol sloshing about in the tank.
    当你转过街角时，可以听见汽油在油箱底部晃荡。

noun

1. a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle

   Synonym:    gas tankgasoline tank