natural gas

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel. countable,uncountable
    — For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.

词形变化

natural gases plural

词源

By opposition to coal gas (19th century).
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