fuel的名词意思是“燃料”,作动词时,意思是“加燃料”,引申可指激起某人的愤怒或由于刺激而使矛盾激化。

fuel up on (v.+adv.+prep.)
加餐 snack
▲fuel up on sth
Some Americans cross the border just to fuel up on some Mexican food.有些美国人到国境那边去就是为了加餐,吃点墨西哥的饭菜。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～+(A)
The plane fuelled at London.飞机在伦敦加油。
All aircraft must fuel before a long flight.所有飞机均须先加油方能作长途飞行。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
They are fuelling a car with petrol.他们正在给汽车加汽油。
His indifference fuelled her hatred.他的冷淡增长了她对他的憎恨。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The car is being fuelled in preparation for the race.那辆车子正在加油,准备参加比赛。

［词源］  ＜古法语fouaile ＜拉丁语focus

1.fuel作“燃料”解时,是不可数名词; 作“燃料的种类”解时,是可数名词,“一种燃料”用单数形式; “多〔各〕种燃料”用复数形式。
2.fuel用于比喻可作使人愤怒或增强其他激情的“刺激因素”解,此时是不可数名词。

The wood can be split up for fuel.这些木头可以劈开当柴烧。
The machine ran out of fuel.机器没有燃料了。
The engine is fairly economical of fuel.这台发动机相当省油。
Soot is usually the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.煤烟通常是燃料不完全燃烧的产物。
There is a severe shortage of fuel.燃料严重短缺。
The soldier exhausted the tank of fuel oil.那个士兵把燃料油从油罐里倒空了。
That machine has one big failing, it was too much fuel.那台机器有一个大缺点,耗油太多。
The gas turbine feeds on the fuel it pumps.燃气轮机以它所抽入的燃料为能源。
Coal, wood and oil are fuels.煤、木柴和石油是燃料。
The newspaper article provided him with fuel.报纸上的这篇文章给他人以能量。
That is adding fuel to the fire.这是火上加油。
His insults were fuel to her hatred.他的侮辱使她恨上加恨。