dieselとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: dē'zəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdiːzəl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdisəl/, /ˈdizəl/
• 韻: -iːzəl

名詞

diesel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 diesels)

1. A fuel derived from petroleum (または other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
2. (countable) A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to Mexico's last new steam locomotives.

     Their effective service life was cut short by an almost simultaneous switch to diesels - a circumstance shared with many an engine north of the border.

   • 1980, Kye Fleming and Fred Foster, ""Smoky Mountain Rain":

     Thumbed a diesel down, outside a cafe.

3. (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
4. (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
5. (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.

派生語

動詞

diesel (三人称単数 現在形 diesels, 現在分詞 dieseling, 過去形および過去分詞形 dieseled)

1. To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression.
2. (automotive) For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air and fuel mixture without a spark, the same way that heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.

   The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.

参考

• derv
• diesel engine
• diesel knock
• diesel locomotive
• diesel multiple unit

Further reading

• diesel on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Seidel, ediles, elides, ideles, sedile, seidel