英语词汇“tick-over”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tick-over
释义	ˈtick-over [f. vbl. phr. to tick over: see tick v.¹ 2 d.] 1. The running of an internal combustion engine while out of gear or at a low rate of revolutions. Cf. ticking over s.v. ticking vbl. n.¹ 5. 1931Flight 2 Oct. 990/2 All engines were tested on a hangar with a propeller fitted before going away, for opening and for tick-over.1960Times 27 Sept. 5/3 The tick-over is inevitably ‘lumpy’ and uneven.1981P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman iii. 60 The tick-over became a roar as a motor was revved. 2. attrib., as *tick-over speed*. 1965[see idle v. 4 a].1978Country Life 10 Aug. 393/1 A Mercedez-Benz dieselcar..at tickover speeds..almost runs on pure air.
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