English Dictionary

fuel

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfjuːəl/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. / Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.

日本語の意味

燃料：燃焼、化学反応、または核反応を通じてエネルギーを供給するために消費される物質 / 養分：生物が生活するための栄養を供給する食品や栄養素

The truck carried enough fuel to power the generators through the night.

トラックは発電機を夜通し稼働させるのに十分な燃料を運んでいた。

意味（1）

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

意味（2）

Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.

His books were fuel for the revolution.

fuels （ plural ）