coal
n. 煤(塊)
Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
Gas-fired electricity is cheaper than coal...
天然氣發電比煤便宜。
Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.
如今在大部分地區,燃油和天然氣已經取代了煤炭和木頭。
Coals are burning pieces of coal.
The iron teakettle was hissing splendidly over live coals...
煤火燒得正旺,上面的鐵茶壺嘶嘶地響個不停。
It is important to get the coals white-hot before you start cooking.
很重要的一點是要把煤塊燒到白熱狀再開始做飯。
If a person in authority hauls or drags someone over the coals, they speak to them severely about something foolish or wrong that they have done.
I heard later that Uncle Jim had been hauled over the coals for not letting anyone know where we were...
後來,我聽說吉姆叔叔因為不告訴別人我們在哪兒而受到了嚴厲斥責。
The museum's P.R. man was going to be dragged over the coals for sure.
博物館的公關人員肯定會受到斥責。
If someone is taking coals to Newcastle, they are trying to give or sell someone something that they already have a lot of.
Taking a gun to the United States would be like taking coals to Newcastle.
帶把槍去美國簡直是多此一舉。
1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
2. a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
1. burn to charcoal;
2. supply with coal
3. take in coal;
coals to Newcastle
送往紐卡斯爾的煤,多餘的舉動
haul someone over the coals
痛斥某人
They loaded the ship with coal.
他們將煤裝上船.
The bulk and weight of coal required in the majority of manufacturing industries is large in comparison with the bulk and weight of other raw matericals.
在大多數製造工業中,所需要的煤的體積和重量,與其他原材料的體積和重量相比都顯得很大.
We ran out of coal, and had to burn wood.
煤燒完了, 只好燒木頭.
Nylon is made from air, coal and water.
尼龍是由空氣 、 煤和水加工製成.
Put some more coal on the fire.
再往火里加點煤.