biofuel

biofuel — 名詞

1. a type of fuel produced from plants, crops, or animal waste rather than from coa

1.名詞B2
釋義

生質燃料

由植物或動物廢料製成的燃料

a type of fuel produced from plants, crops, or animal waste rather than from coal or oil, often burned in cars, buses, or power stations as a cleaner alternative.

例句

Farmers in northern Brazil grow sugar cane to produce biofuel for local buses.

巴西北部的農民種植甘蔗，用來生產供當地公車使用的生質燃料。

produce + biofuel: typical verb-noun collocation

The new airline has promised to mix biofuel with regular jet fuel by 2030.

這家新航空公司承諾在 2030 年前，將生質燃料與一般航空燃油混合使用。

mix + biofuel + with: noun phrase pattern

同義詞
  • bioenergy

    broader term covering heat and electricity from organic matter, not only liquid fuel

  • biodiesel

    a specific type of biofuel made from vegetable oil or animal fat for diesel engines

  • ethanol

    a specific biofuel made by fermenting plant sugars, usually mixed with petrol

反義詞
  • fossil fuel

    fuel formed underground over millions of years, e.g. coal, oil, natural gas

文法句型

used in compounds: biofuel production / biofuel crop

用法筆記

Often appears in compound nouns such as 'biofuel crop', 'biofuel industry', and 'biofuel production'. Both countable (a biofuel) and uncountable (some biofuel) uses are common; the countable use is typical when referring to a specific type, e.g. 'ethanol is a biofuel'.

常見錯誤

❌Cars run on biofuels which are made by oil.
✅Cars run on biofuels which are made from plants.
💡biofuels come FROM living material, not FROM oil; oil-based fuel is fossil fuel.