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diesel    音标拼音: [d'isəl] [d'izəl]
n. 柴油

柴油

Diesel
n 1: German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel
engine (1858-1913) [synonym: {Diesel}, {Rudolf Diesel}, {Rudolf
Christian Karl Diesel}]
2: an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [synonym:
{diesel}, {diesel engine}, {diesel motor}]

Diesel \Diesel\, Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ or Diesel motor
\Die"sel mo`tor\ (d[=e]"zel). [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of
Munich, the inventor.]
A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn
in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the
heat generated ignites the fuel (usually a heavy oil), the
fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under
pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal
efficiency.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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