noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a petrol/diesel engine
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The van has a 2.5 litre diesel engine.
diesel fuel
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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However, at least a new generation of diesel unit was in mind.
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The only orders for new diesel locomotives placed during the 1970s and 1980s, were for locomotives designed specifically to haul freight.
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For example, the new Citroen Xantia diesel costs exactly the same as the 1.6-litre petrol version.
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Except for the new diesel engines, the trains date back to 1954.
■ NOUN
car
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That's like putting kerosene in a diesel car , says Mr Hamilton.
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It wants a reduction in diesel fuel duty plus a lower level of road tax on diesel cars .
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The tradition for diesel cars is far better established on the Continent and that is where the best buys come from.
engine
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Diesel sales continued to rise with more than 41 % of all Mercedes-Benz cars now equipped with diesel engines .
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Later on, over time, diesel engines lessened this possibility.
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Toyota is to build diesel engines in Britain.
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I would love to test the same rig with a turbocharged diesel engine .
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These will be electronically controlled, a technical task far harder on a diesel engine than on its petrol counterpart.
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In a traditional transportation business, diesel engines or gasoline-powered motors move the trucks along the roadways.
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The huge Dagenham site is to become Ford's centre for diesel engine manufacturing and design.
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The weary town crew, unable to start the frozen diesel engines of their snowplows, were the only other customers.
fuel
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At least that was the case in Britain, where the gap between petrol and diesel fuel prices has always been small.
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The state mandated cleaner-burning diesel fuel way back in October 1993.
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The sharp rise last spring led to the average price of diesel fuel rising by 14 % between 1999 and 2000.
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In fact, earlier this year, retail diesel fuel prices were lower in California on average than in Nevada.
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It wants a reduction in diesel fuel duty plus a lower level of road tax on diesel cars.
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He said higher diesel fuel cost the company about 10 per share in the first quarter.
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The car then went up in flames from the diesel fuel that spilled from the Amtrak engine.
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Gasoline, aviation fuel , heating oil, and diesel fuel tank farms are always located near centers of demand.
locomotive
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The cab control car of a commuter train being pushed from the rear collided head-on with an Amtrak diesel locomotive .
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Adtranz manufactures electric and diesel locomotives , high-speed trains, streetcars and underground trains, and signal and traffic-control systems.
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The only orders for new diesel locomotives placed during the 1970s and 1980s, were for locomotives designed specifically to haul freight.
truck
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Huge, ancient diesel trucks lumbered through the crowd between tractors and horse-drawn carts.
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Because many diesel trucks travel across state lines and are registered outside Arizona, they are harder to regulate than gasoline-powered vehicles.
turbo
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The rumoured turbo diesel is still some months away.
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I have a 1988 turbo diesel 90 County.
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I purchased a 90 turbo diesel 2.5 in October 1989.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a diesel truck
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Diesel sales continued to rise with more than 41 % of all Mercedes-Benz cars now equipped with diesel engines.
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And 86 to 90 percent comes from vehicle exhaust, evenly divided between diesel and gasoline engines.
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Except for the new diesel engines, the trains date back to 1954.
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I would love to test the same rig with a turbocharged diesel engine.
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It will have roughly the performance of a diesel .
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Off on the freeway I hear a diesel coming, shifting down as the hill steepens.
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The cab control car of a commuter train being pushed from the rear collided head-on with an Amtrak diesel locomotive.
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Yet diesel gets off easily when it comes to pollution controls.