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petrol+tank

  • 1 drain

    [drein] 1. verb
    1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) þurrka upp, ræsa fram
    2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) renna af/í burtu
    3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) láta renna af
    4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) þurrausa, tæma
    5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) þurrausa; gera örmagna
    2. noun
    1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) ræsi, framræsluskurður
    2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) e-ð sem hægt og hægt gengur á fjármagn eða krafta
    •
    - draining-board
    - drainpipe
    - down the drain

    English-Icelandic dictionary > drain

  • 2 fill up

    (to make or become completely full: Fill up the petrol tank, please.) fylla (á)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > fill up

  • 3 full

    [ful] 1. adjective
    1) (holding or containing as much as possible: My basket is full.) fullur
    2) (complete: a full year; a full account of what happened.) allur, heill, fullur
    3) ((of clothes) containing a large amount of material: a full skirt.) efnismikill, rúmur, víður
    2. adverb
    1) (completely: Fill the petrol tank full.) algjörlega; í fullri lengd
    2) (exactly; directly: She hit him full in the face.) beint
    •
    - full-length
    - full moon
    - full-scale
    - full stop
    - full-time
    - fully-fledged
    - full of
    - in full
    - to the full

    English-Icelandic dictionary > full

  • 4 it's no joke

    (it is a serious or worrying matter: It's no joke when water gets into the petrol tank.) það er ekkert gamanmál

    English-Icelandic dictionary > it's no joke

  • 5 volume

    ['voljum]
    1) (a book: This library contains over a million volumes.) bók
    2) (one of a series of connected books: Where is volume fifteen of the encyclopedia?) bindi
    3) (the amount of space occupied by something, expressed in cubic measurement: What is the volume of the petrol tank?) rúmtak, rúmmál
    4) (amount: A large volume of work remains to be done.) magn
    5) (level of sound eg on a radio, television etc: Turn up the volume on the radio.) hljóðstyrkur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > volume

  • 6 siphon

    1. noun
    1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) vökvasuga, sogari
    2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sogari (fyrir sódavatnsflösku)
    2. verb
    ((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) soga með sogara

    English-Icelandic dictionary > siphon

См. также в других словарях:

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  • petrol tank — petrol ,tank noun count BRITISH the GAS TANK of a car …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • petrol tank — noun a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle • Syn: ↑gas tank, ↑gasoline tank • Hypernyms: ↑tank, ↑storage tank • Part Holonyms: ↑fuel system * * * petrol tank UK US …   Useful english dictionary

  • petrol tank — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms petrol tank : singular petrol tank plural petrol tanks British the part of a car or other vehicle that you fill with petrol. The American word is gas tank …   English dictionary

  • petrol — UK US /ˈpetrəl/ noun [U] UK (US gas) ► NATURAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORT a liquid obtained from petroleum, used especially as a fuel for cars and other vehicles: »The family spends a combined total of about €30 a week on petrol. »lead… …   Financial and business terms

  • tank — tank1 W2S2 [tæŋk] n ↑flipper, ↑knife, ↑tank, ↑wetsuit [Date: 1600 1700; : Portuguese; Origin: tanque pool ] 1.) a large container for storing liquid or gas ▪ The water tank is leaking. ▪ Somehow the chemical got from a storage tank …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tank — 1 noun (C) 1 a large container for storing liquid or gas: The hot water tank is leaking. | fish tank (=for keeping fish in) | petrol tank BrE /gas tank AmE (=part of a vehicle for holding petrol) 2 also tankful the amount of liquid or gas held in …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tank — /tæŋk / (say tangk) noun 1. a receptacle or structure for holding water or other liquid or a gas: fish tank; petrol tank. 2. a large, closed container made of corrugated, galvanised iron, or of concrete, for storing rainwater above ground. 3. a… …  

  • petrol — pet|rol S3 [ˈpetrəl] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum; PETROLEUM] BrE a liquid obtained from ↑petroleum that is used to supply power to the engine of cars and other vehicles American Equivalent:… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • petrol iron — /ˈpɛtrəl aɪən/ (say petruhl uyuhn) noun (formerly) an iron (def. 4) heated by a flame fuelled by a small petrol tank on the iron …  

  • tank (something) up — ˌtank (sth) ˈup derived (NAmE) to fill a car with petrol/gas • He tanked up and drove off. • We stopped to tank the car up. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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