名詞 fuel:

1. a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

動詞 fuel:

1. provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
2. provide with fuel
   同義詞：fire
3. take in fuel, as of a ship
4. stimulate

1. A defect in the fuel lines prevented the missile from blasting off.
   燃料管路上的一個缺陷妨礙了導(dǎo)彈的發(fā)射。
2. One of the main disadvantages of this system is that it uses very large amounts of fuel.
   該系統(tǒng)的主要弱點之一是消耗大量燃料。
3. The newspaper article provided him with fuel for his speech.
   報紙上的這篇文章為他的演講提供了啟發(fā)。
4. Coal is used as fuel.
   煤用作燃料。
5. All aircraft must fuel before flight.
   所有飛機飛行前都必須加油。

fu.el

n.（名詞）
Something consumed to produce energy, especially:
燃料：某物被消耗以產(chǎn)生能量，尤指：
A material such as wood, coal, gas, or oil burned to produce heat or power.
燃燒劑：木頭、煤、天然氣、石油等燃燒生熱并且產(chǎn)生能量的物質(zhì)
Fissionable material used in a nuclear reactor.
可裂變物質(zhì)：用在核反應(yīng)堆中的可分裂性材料
Nutritive material metabolized by a living organism; food.
食物：被生命組識消耗的營養(yǎng)物；食物
Something that maintains or stimulates an activity or emotion:
刺激因素：保持或增進活力與情緒的東西：
例句：
.Money is the fuel of a volunteer organization.(Natalie de Combray)
.錢是促成自發(fā)聯(lián)合的東西。.(納塔莉·德·科姆布雷)

n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用以修飾另一名詞：
例句：
a fuel pump; fuel tanks.
燃料泵；使用燃料的坦克

v.（動詞）
fu.eled 也作 fu.elled fu.el.ing fu.el.ling fu.els fu.els
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To provide with fuel.
加燃料
To support or stimulate the activity or existence of:
激起：支持或刺激活力與存在：
例句：
rhetoric that fueled the dissenters.
刺激反對者的反問

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To take in fuel.
接受燃料

來源：
Middle English feuel
中古英語 feuel
from Old French fouaille, feuaile
源自 古法語 fouaille, feuaile
from Vulgar Latin *foc3lia [neuter pl. of] .foc3lis [of the hearth or fireplace]
源自 俗拉丁語 *foc3lia [] ·foc3lis的中性復(fù)數(shù) [爐子的或壁爐的]
from Latin focus [hearth, fireplace]
源自 拉丁語 focus [爐子，壁爐]

【引伸】
fu.eler
n.（名詞）