gas

gas

Combustibile gassoso bruciato per cucinare, riscaldare edifici o produrre elettricità.

In inglese semplice: A fuel that is burned to cook food, heat buildings, or produce electricity.

• We heat our house with gas.
• The gas bill was high last winter.
• Workers repaired a gas leak in the street.

Espressioni comuni: natural gas, gas heating, gas bill, gas leak

benzina

Carburante liquido usato da molte automobili e altri veicoli.

In inglese semplice: The liquid fuel used by many cars and other vehicles.

• The car needs gas.
• We stopped for gas before crossing the desert.
• How much gas does your truck use?

Sinonimi: gasoline, petrol

Espressioni comuni: gas station, gas tank, pump gas, run out of gas

gas

Sostanza come l’aria, né solida né liquida, che si espande occupando tutto il recipiente.

In inglese semplice: A substance like air that spreads out to fill its container and is neither solid nor liquid.

• Oxygen is a gas.
• The balloon contains a gas lighter than air.
• Some gases become liquids when cooled.

Sinonimi: vapor, vapour

Espressioni comuni: oxygen gas, gas pressure, gas particles, gas expands

acceleratore

Pedale che si preme con il piede per aumentare la velocità di un veicolo.

In inglese semplice: The pedal you press with your foot to make a vehicle go faster.

• She pressed the gas.
• Take your foot off the gas before the bend.
• He hit the gas and drove away quickly.

Sinonimi: accelerator, gas pedal

Espressioni comuni: hit the gas, press the gas, off the gas, on the gas

gas intestinali, flatulenza

Aria nello stomaco o nell’intestino che può dare fastidio e uscire con rutti o flatulenze.

In inglese semplice: Air in your stomach or bowels that can cause discomfort or leave your body through burping or farting.

• Beans can give me gas.
• The baby had gas after feeding.
• A short walk helped relieve the trapped gas.

Sinonimi: wind, flatulence

Espressioni comuni: have gas, pass gas, trapped gas, gas pain

fornello

Parte della cucina in cui il combustibile brucia sotto una pentola.

In inglese semplice: The part of a cooker where fuel burns beneath a pan.

• Put the kettle on the gas.
• She turned the gas down when the soup began to boil.
• Have you turned the gas off under the pan?

Sinonimi: burner, gas ring

Espressioni comuni: on the gas, light the gas, turn the gas down, turn the gas off

fare il pieno, rifornire

Mettere carburante nel serbatoio di un veicolo.

In inglese semplice: To put fuel into a vehicle's tank.

• Let's gas up here.
• She gassed up the truck before work.
• Have you gassed the car up for our trip?

Come si usa: gas up (We need to gas up before leaving.); gas something up / gas up something (He gassed the car up at the next station.)

Sinonimi: refuel, fill up

Espressioni comuni: gas up, gas up the car, gas the truck up

gasare, asfissiare

Usare gas per avvelenare, uccidere o far perdere conoscenza a qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: To use poisonous fumes to harm or kill someone, or use fumes to make someone unconscious.

• They gassed the rats in the warehouse.
• Many soldiers were gassed during the war.
• The animals were gassed to make them unconscious before surgery.

Come si usa: gas someone/something (The soldiers were gassed during the attack.)

Espressioni comuni: gas someone, gas the pests, gas an animal