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单词 throttle
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Definition of throttle in English:

throttle

noun ˈθrɒt(ə)lˈθrɑdl
  • 1A device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine.

    the engines were at full throttle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's only a throttle lever for power control - push forward to go, pull back to stop.
    • If the pilot advances the throttle to obtain full power from the engine, the thrust will exceed the drag and the airplane will begin to accelerate.
    • At takeoff power when the throttle is wide open, the RPM and fuel flow are at a maximum.
    • ‘I turned off my fuel, closed my throttle and made a Mayday call,’ she says.
    • The fun starts in a Viking the instant you push the throttle full forward for takeoff.
    • As he issued the words his hand came down and pushed the throttle lever forward.
    • I pushed the throttle forward and Moonlight lifted off the ground slowly.
    • The Liberator nodded on its nosewheel as Ken pushed the throttles forward and cranked up the superchargers.
    • The engine's electronic throttle control is designed to increase manifold pressure to maintain engine torque.
    • Massive fuel spilled into the engines while at full throttle.
    • The first thing you'll notice after strapping yourself in is that there's two of everything: two throttles, two propeller controls, two mixtures and two of each gauge.
    • Each throttle and mixture control lever on the flight engineer's control stand was connected by cables to a pulley on the forward face of the firewall.
    • The very instant you tap the throttle, the engine bursts into action and flings you forward like someone has hit the hyperspace button.
    • Those damn turbojets were pretty powerful once you pushed the throttles all the way forward and left them there.
    • The free swiveling nose wheel is steered by differential brakes, rudder and throttles and the aircraft is very maneuverable on the ground.
    • On the right, the engine throttle controlling nearly 7,000 pounds of thrust was no help to the now severely tail-heavy tumbling mass of metal.
    • Remember, even at a constant throttle opening and engine rpm, airflow volume (cubic feet per minute) varies with air density.
    • How does it go at full throttle from third gear on?
    • The throttle and fuel mixture for the left engine were secured and the pilot activated the left engine feathering button again.
    • I pushed the throttle forward and was immediately mashed backward against the seat and off down the runway.
  • 2archaic A person's throat, gullet, or windpipe.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The neck of each bottle she thrusts down her throttle.
    • He used to carry home to me..from his anatomy class..the throttles of all kinds of animals.
verb ˈθrɒt(ə)lˈθrɑdl
[with object]
  • 1Attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them.

    she was sorely tempted to throttle him
    figurative international sanctions were then throttling the country's economy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The nurse claims that on one occasion a prisoner tried to throttle her, but the incident was recorded only as an ‘obstruction’.
    • I watched my fair share of horror or violent films as a kid and I never went out and tried my hand at throttling someone or whatever.
    • Novak looked extremely uncomfortable on Meet the Press today, and David Broder looked like he was going to throttle him.
    • All I want to do is yell at the top of my lungs and throttle people.
    • The man may not be the crazed attacker who throttled the young lawyer and tried to force her into the boot of her car last Thursday, but he was in the Leeds car park when the terrifying incident took place.
    • Unfortunately, it's personal: Brown's drill sergeant persona thoroughly throttles his mother hen.
    • You just want to throttle these people, if that's what it takes to get it through their heads.
    • You just feel scared that the barman is going to throttle you.
    • Avoid thinking aloud lest others are tempted to throttle you.
    • Feel free to throttle him. go for it. we'll all be rooting for you - he's such a… guy.
    • His temper tantrums have acquired him the further sobriquet of ‘Kung-fu Kahn’ after he merrily throttled one opponent and bit a chunk out of another.
    • Not only does it offer an unflattering view of her stomach and corset-bra, but it appears to be throttling her.
    • At windswept Dens, Archie McPherson has a near-death experience when he is almost throttled by his own comb-over, 18-inch strands entwining in the gale to form a deadly ligature.
    • ‘I'd like to throttle some Western leaders with physical aggression, which doesn't come easily to me,’ he says.
    • Number of occasions on which I wanted to throttle Anna = 7
    • This is the question that, when asked before 3PM, makes me want to throttle him.
    • Video cameras showed Kirk throttling his victim.
    • Daughter is fuming and wants to throttle someone badly.
    • A white Scots bloke was throttling a black bloke and telling him to calm down whilst his (Scot's) girlfriend was trying to pull him off.
    • This is a great read for any Aussie who has ever done the London thing and found themselves wanting to throttle people on the tube.
    • It's a rare manager who, at least once in a while, isn't firmly convinced that his department's performance would perk up dramatically if one employee or another were quietly throttled.
    Synonyms
    choke, strangle, strangulate, garrotte, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, stifle
    suppress, inhibit, stifle, control, restrain, check, contain, put a/the lid on
    crack down on, clamp down on, drive underground
    stop, put an end to, bring to an end, end, stamp out, bring to a stop, halt, bring to a halt
    informal put paid to, put the kibosh on, put the stopper on, do for
  • 2Control (an engine or vehicle) with a throttle.

    it has two engines that can be throttled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The thermal monitor's control circuit, when active, lowers the CPU temperature by throttling the internal CPU clockspeed.
    • Liquid fuel engines can be throttled up and down during a flight.
    • With the engine throttled right back, I was once again very aware of the very slow and somewhat erratic airborne idling characteristics of the Kestrel.
    • He throttled the engine as he pulled the car away from the curb.
    • He watched as Rock boarded the aircraft, then slowly and methodically, he throttled up the engines.
    • At Guiromélans's signal, Gofannon throttles up the engines to full steam, and the sloop surges forward.
    • OverDrive throttles the core clock speed to get maximum performance while staying under a maximum allowable temperature.
    • The system uses substantially higher levels of EGR and throttles the fresh intake oxygen back from 21 percent to the 11 to 14 percent range.
    • As the last aircraft began to taxi, when the F - 16 pilot throttled up his engine, fuel began gushing from the left wing fuel vent.
    • Because liquid-fuel rockets can be throttled up and down by varying the flow of fuel, they have an inherent safety advantage over the shuttle's solid-fuel boosters.
    • The pilot wiped out his flight controls, throttled the engines to military thrust, and quickly checked the instruments.
    • Monty throttled the engines back as they passed the sentinel points of a reef.
    • Even with the second engine throttled up as high as it would go, Barnes still could not keep the ship airborne.
    • I pulled the car into gear, throttled it onto the road no idea where I was going - just drove toward a feudal kingdom's frontiers.
    • Antes throttled up to full and headed off in search of the radar anomaly.
    • He shunted power from his shields to engines and throttled to full.
    • Seconds later, she heard a car being throttled and soon enough, she found a Ford pulling away from the driveway.
    1. 2.1throttle back" or "downno object Reduce the power of an engine or vehicle by use of the throttle.
      the pitch of the engine fell as the driver throttled back
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Monty throttled the engines back as they passed the sentinel points of a reef.
      • Rob taxied the Concorde to an unlit area at the end of the airfield and throttled back the engines to wait.
      • After liftoff, at nearly 100 percent of rated thrust, the engine throttles back momentarily.
      • He taxied to the main runway of the research base and throttled down.
      • I always find it unnerving to throttle back large piston aero engines to idle in flight, and the Kestrel was no exception.
      • Get your boat up on plane quickly and smoothly, and then throttle back to cruising speed.
      • Cyrrin throttled down and took his place at the head of the Titan formation.
      • Rada throttled back the engine and put the motors into neutral gear.
      • The enemy pilot had throttled back, reducing airspeed and flattening the spiral dive.
      • After reaching the usual 8000-ft cruising altitude, the engines were throttled back to create a moderate cabin noise level.

Derivatives

  • throttler

  • noun
    • Other than job stress, most men say that nagging is the only sure throttler of desire.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Alfalfa's enormous yields, high protein content, economy as a crop, and value as a soil builder and weed throttler is almost without parallel in plant history.
      • These Congressmen are willing to be named, it seems, as throttlers of legislation that would have made impossible a repetition of the horrors of the Triangle Waist factory fire.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a frequentative, from throat; the noun (dating from the mid 16th century in sense 2) is perhaps a diminutive of throat, but the history of the word is not clear.

  • Throttle, to stop someone breathing by squeezing their throat is a development of Old English throat. As a mid 16th-century noun it was at first an alternative word for throat. Use of the word to refer to a valve controlling the flow of fuel dates from the early 19th century.

Rhymes

axolotl, bottle, dottle, glottal, mottle, pottle, wattle
 
 

Definition of throttle in US English:

throttle

nounˈTHrädlˈθrɑdl
  • 1A device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine.

    the engines were at full throttle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The free swiveling nose wheel is steered by differential brakes, rudder and throttles and the aircraft is very maneuverable on the ground.
    • The fun starts in a Viking the instant you push the throttle full forward for takeoff.
    • On the right, the engine throttle controlling nearly 7,000 pounds of thrust was no help to the now severely tail-heavy tumbling mass of metal.
    • The throttle and fuel mixture for the left engine were secured and the pilot activated the left engine feathering button again.
    • There's only a throttle lever for power control - push forward to go, pull back to stop.
    • If the pilot advances the throttle to obtain full power from the engine, the thrust will exceed the drag and the airplane will begin to accelerate.
    • Each throttle and mixture control lever on the flight engineer's control stand was connected by cables to a pulley on the forward face of the firewall.
    • How does it go at full throttle from third gear on?
    • The first thing you'll notice after strapping yourself in is that there's two of everything: two throttles, two propeller controls, two mixtures and two of each gauge.
    • Remember, even at a constant throttle opening and engine rpm, airflow volume (cubic feet per minute) varies with air density.
    • Massive fuel spilled into the engines while at full throttle.
    • At takeoff power when the throttle is wide open, the RPM and fuel flow are at a maximum.
    • The engine's electronic throttle control is designed to increase manifold pressure to maintain engine torque.
    • The Liberator nodded on its nosewheel as Ken pushed the throttles forward and cranked up the superchargers.
    • The very instant you tap the throttle, the engine bursts into action and flings you forward like someone has hit the hyperspace button.
    • I pushed the throttle forward and was immediately mashed backward against the seat and off down the runway.
    • Those damn turbojets were pretty powerful once you pushed the throttles all the way forward and left them there.
    • As he issued the words his hand came down and pushed the throttle lever forward.
    • I pushed the throttle forward and Moonlight lifted off the ground slowly.
    • ‘I turned off my fuel, closed my throttle and made a Mayday call,’ she says.
  • 2archaic A throat, gullet, or windpipe.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The neck of each bottle she thrusts down her throttle.
    • He used to carry home to me..from his anatomy class..the throttles of all kinds of animals.
verbˈTHrädlˈθrɑdl
[with object]
  • 1Attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them.

    she was sorely tempted to throttle him
    figurative international sanctions were then throttling the country's economy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You just want to throttle these people, if that's what it takes to get it through their heads.
    • ‘I'd like to throttle some Western leaders with physical aggression, which doesn't come easily to me,’ he says.
    • All I want to do is yell at the top of my lungs and throttle people.
    • At windswept Dens, Archie McPherson has a near-death experience when he is almost throttled by his own comb-over, 18-inch strands entwining in the gale to form a deadly ligature.
    • Number of occasions on which I wanted to throttle Anna = 7
    • Video cameras showed Kirk throttling his victim.
    • It's a rare manager who, at least once in a while, isn't firmly convinced that his department's performance would perk up dramatically if one employee or another were quietly throttled.
    • Feel free to throttle him. go for it. we'll all be rooting for you - he's such a… guy.
    • You just feel scared that the barman is going to throttle you.
    • Not only does it offer an unflattering view of her stomach and corset-bra, but it appears to be throttling her.
    • This is a great read for any Aussie who has ever done the London thing and found themselves wanting to throttle people on the tube.
    • Novak looked extremely uncomfortable on Meet the Press today, and David Broder looked like he was going to throttle him.
    • The nurse claims that on one occasion a prisoner tried to throttle her, but the incident was recorded only as an ‘obstruction’.
    • I watched my fair share of horror or violent films as a kid and I never went out and tried my hand at throttling someone or whatever.
    • Daughter is fuming and wants to throttle someone badly.
    • The man may not be the crazed attacker who throttled the young lawyer and tried to force her into the boot of her car last Thursday, but he was in the Leeds car park when the terrifying incident took place.
    • A white Scots bloke was throttling a black bloke and telling him to calm down whilst his (Scot's) girlfriend was trying to pull him off.
    • This is the question that, when asked before 3PM, makes me want to throttle him.
    • Avoid thinking aloud lest others are tempted to throttle you.
    • His temper tantrums have acquired him the further sobriquet of ‘Kung-fu Kahn’ after he merrily throttled one opponent and bit a chunk out of another.
    • Unfortunately, it's personal: Brown's drill sergeant persona thoroughly throttles his mother hen.
    Synonyms
    choke, strangle, strangulate, garrotte, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, stifle
    suppress, inhibit, stifle, control, restrain, check, contain, put a lid on, put the lid on
  • 2Control (an engine or vehicle) with a throttle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He watched as Rock boarded the aircraft, then slowly and methodically, he throttled up the engines.
    • Monty throttled the engines back as they passed the sentinel points of a reef.
    • The thermal monitor's control circuit, when active, lowers the CPU temperature by throttling the internal CPU clockspeed.
    • With the engine throttled right back, I was once again very aware of the very slow and somewhat erratic airborne idling characteristics of the Kestrel.
    • He shunted power from his shields to engines and throttled to full.
    • The pilot wiped out his flight controls, throttled the engines to military thrust, and quickly checked the instruments.
    • As the last aircraft began to taxi, when the F - 16 pilot throttled up his engine, fuel began gushing from the left wing fuel vent.
    • Seconds later, she heard a car being throttled and soon enough, she found a Ford pulling away from the driveway.
    • I pulled the car into gear, throttled it onto the road no idea where I was going - just drove toward a feudal kingdom's frontiers.
    • Antes throttled up to full and headed off in search of the radar anomaly.
    • Because liquid-fuel rockets can be throttled up and down by varying the flow of fuel, they have an inherent safety advantage over the shuttle's solid-fuel boosters.
    • At Guiromélans's signal, Gofannon throttles up the engines to full steam, and the sloop surges forward.
    • OverDrive throttles the core clock speed to get maximum performance while staying under a maximum allowable temperature.
    • He throttled the engine as he pulled the car away from the curb.
    • The system uses substantially higher levels of EGR and throttles the fresh intake oxygen back from 21 percent to the 11 to 14 percent range.
    • Even with the second engine throttled up as high as it would go, Barnes still could not keep the ship airborne.
    • Liquid fuel engines can be throttled up and down during a flight.
    1. 2.1throttle back" or "downno object Reduce the power of an engine or vehicle by use of the throttle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After reaching the usual 8000-ft cruising altitude, the engines were throttled back to create a moderate cabin noise level.
      • Cyrrin throttled down and took his place at the head of the Titan formation.
      • I always find it unnerving to throttle back large piston aero engines to idle in flight, and the Kestrel was no exception.
      • He taxied to the main runway of the research base and throttled down.
      • Monty throttled the engines back as they passed the sentinel points of a reef.
      • The enemy pilot had throttled back, reducing airspeed and flattening the spiral dive.
      • After liftoff, at nearly 100 percent of rated thrust, the engine throttles back momentarily.
      • Get your boat up on plane quickly and smoothly, and then throttle back to cruising speed.
      • Rob taxied the Concorde to an unlit area at the end of the airfield and throttled back the engines to wait.
      • Rada throttled back the engine and put the motors into neutral gear.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a frequentative, from throat; the noun (dating from the mid 16th century in sense 2) is perhaps a diminutive of throat, but the history of the word is not clear.

 
 
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