methane
                                        英 ['miːθeɪn; 'meθeɪn]
美 ['mɛθen]
                                        
                                            
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            1. 甲烷、乙烷、丙烷、丁烷的命名是按照碳原子个数、或者说碳氢原子团的个数来命名的,一个叫甲烷,两个叫乙烷,以此类推。
2. 乙烷的名字巧合地与英文单词的第一个音相同。
                                                
            methane 甲烷,沼气mety-,甲基化,缩写自methyl,甲基,-ane,化学名词后缀,烷。俗称沼气。
 
                                    
            - methane (n.)
- "inflammable colorless and odorless gas, marsh gas," 1867, coined from chemical suffix -ane + syllable abstracted from methyl.
                 - 1. Methane gas does collect in the mines around here. 
- 周围的矿井里的确有沼气聚积。
来自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. The ignition of methane gas killed eight men. 
- 甲烷起火,致使8人丧生。
来自柯林斯例句
 
- 3. Methane and propane are alkanes. 
- 甲烷和丙烷是烷烃。
来自《权威词典》
 
- 4. As the waste materials decompose, they produce methane gas. 
- 废物腐烂时会产生沼气。
来自《权威词典》
 
- 5. The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited. 
- 爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的.
来自《简明英汉词典》