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{
"term": "petrol",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a liquid obtained from petroleum, used as fuel in car engines, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to fill a car up with petrol"
},
{
"text": "to **run out of petrol**"
},
{
"text": "The car has a 2-litre **petrol engine**."
},
{
"text": "the petrol tank of a car"
},
{
"text": "An increase in petrol prices will lead to severe difficulties for the company."
},
{
"text": "leaded/unleaded petrol"
},
{
"text": "Can you smell petrol?"
},
{
"text": "My car runs on unleaded petrol."
},
{
"text": "The air smelled of petrol."
},
{
"text": "The price of a litre of unleaded petrol has risen."
},
{
"text": "They poured petrol over the pile of rubbish and set it alight."
},
{
"text": "We ran out of petrol and had to walk to the nearest garage."
},
{
"text": "Does your car run on unleaded petrol?"
},
{
"text": "I've filled the car up with petrol."
},
{
"text": "Make sure the lights are working, the tyres are inflated and the petrol tank is full before setting off."
}
],
"topics": [
"The environment",
"Transport by car or lorry",
"Physics and chemistry"
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lead-free", "ultra-low sulphur", "unleaded"],
"… of petrol": ["litre", "tankful"],
"verb + petrol": [
"fill (something) up with",
"fill something with",
"run on"
],
"petrol + verb": ["burn", "ignite"],
"petrol + noun": ["engine", "tank", "car"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpetrəl/",
"audio": "pe/petrol/petrol__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpetrəl/",
"audio": "pe/petrol/petrol__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: from French pétrole, from medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin petra ‘rock’ (from Greek) + Latin oleum ‘oil’."
}