petrol engine
Britishnoun
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On a sweltering October afternoon, Hardeep Sharma, 39, hauls a 40-liter portable petrol engine on his back to spray insecticide across a 3-acre sugarcane field.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2024
But as today’s battery technology cannot compete with the sustained power of a petrol engine, they are also rethinking everything from electric motors to car body materials.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2021
It is a plug-in hybrid which has a fuel tank to charge the battery and extend its range although the petrol engine does not directly drive the car's wheels.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2021
The TX also has the option for a range extender 1.5-liter petrol engine for use when the driver wants to conserve the battery.
From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2017
What Lord Montagu of Beaulieu does not know of the petrol engine, and its use on land or sea or in the air, is not worth knowing.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
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