Internal combustion
内燃（烧）
📖 牛津释义
internal combustion
process by which power is produced by the explosion of gases or vapours inside a cylinder (as in a car engine) 内燃（由气缸内气体膨胀产生动力的方法, 如汽车的发动机的）
[attrib 作定语]
an internal-combustion engine 内燃机.
🧩 词语组成解析
internal
[ɪn'tɝnl]
adj. 国内的;内部的;体内的;内心的;
prep. （机构）内部的;
n. 内脏，内部器官;本质，本性;
intern=inter 在…之内 + al 属于...的 → a.内的；国内的
🗣️ 情景例句
When I first graduated from college.
那时我刚从大学毕业。
We need skilled electricians.
我们需要有技术的电工。
There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.
曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。