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

a. intransitive. Of an engine: to run while disconnected from a load or out of gear, so that it performs no external or useful work; also, to run very slowly. Also to idle over.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > of an engine: operative [verb (intransitive)] > idle

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1916 [implied in: R. T. Nicholson Bk. of Ford 151 You will run very economically, but you will find starting and ‘idling’ very difficult. (at idling n. b)].

1920 V. W. Pagé Useful Hints for Motorists iii. 78 Turn petrol adjustment to the right..until motor idles smoothly.

1925 A. W. Judge Carburettors & Carburation iii. 37 The ideal carburettor should:.. (4) Enable the engine to run very slowly when ‘idling’, without undue waste of fuel.

1931 C. B. Nordhoff & J. N. Hall Falcons of France 98 The mechanics already had the engines warmed up, and propellers were ‘idling over’ at 350 revolutions.

1932 C. H. Chatfield & C. F. Taylor Airplane & its Engine (ed. 2) viii. 169 Airplane engines must be able to idle, that is run very slowly, in order to keep the landing speed as low as possible.

1934 Boys' Mag. XLVII. 23/2 One after another the four engines were started, ‘revved’ with a deafening roar singly and all together, and then left quietly ‘idling’.

1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. i. §132 The confusions which occupy us arise when language is like an engine idling, not when it is doing work.

1965 P. H. Smith High-speed Two-stroke Petrol Engine x. 212 The engine is..idling at tick-over speed.

1970 Commerc. Motor 25 Sept. 64/2 Neither vehicle had much mileage on the clock which was probably the reason why the engines idled badly.

单词	to idle over
释义	> as lemmas to idle over a. intransitive. Of an engine: to run while disconnected from a load or out of gear, so that it performs no external or useful work; also, to run very slowly. Also to idle over. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > of an engine: operative [verb (intransitive)] > idle idle1916 1916 [implied in: R. T. Nicholson Bk. of Ford 151 You will run very economically, but you will find starting and ‘idling’ very difficult. (at idling n. b)]. 1920 V. W. Pagé Useful Hints for Motorists iii. 78 Turn petrol adjustment to the right..until motor idles smoothly. 1925 A. W. Judge Carburettors & Carburation iii. 37 The ideal carburettor should:.. (4) Enable the engine to run very slowly when ‘idling’, without undue waste of fuel. 1931 C. B. Nordhoff & J. N. Hall Falcons of France 98 The mechanics already had the engines warmed up, and propellers were ‘idling over’ at 350 revolutions. 1932 C. H. Chatfield & C. F. Taylor Airplane & its Engine (ed. 2) viii. 169 Airplane engines must be able to idle, that is run very slowly, in order to keep the landing speed as low as possible. 1934 Boys' Mag. XLVII. 23/2 One after another the four engines were started, ‘revved’ with a deafening roar singly and all together, and then left quietly ‘idling’. 1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. i. §132 The confusions which occupy us arise when language is like an engine idling, not when it is doing work. 1965 P. H. Smith High-speed Two-stroke Petrol Engine x. 212 The engine is..idling at tick-over speed. 1970 Commerc. Motor 25 Sept. 64/2 Neither vehicle had much mileage on the clock which was probably the reason why the engines idled badly. extracted from idlev. < as lemmas
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