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

verb | noun

throttlethrottle1 /ˈθrɑt̮l/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYthrottle¹

Origin: 1300-1400 throat

VERB TABLE

throttle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	throttle
	he, she, it	throttles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	throttled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have throttled
	he, she, it	has throttled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had throttled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will throttle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have throttled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am throttling
	he, she, it	is throttling
	you, we, they	are throttling
Past	I, he, she, it	was throttling
	you, we, they	were throttling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been throttling
	he, she, it	has been throttling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been throttling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be throttling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been throttling

1to hold someone’s throat very tightly so that he or she cannot breathe SYN strangle2written to make it difficult or impossible for something to succeedthrottle back phrasal verb throttle something ↔ back to reduce the amount of gasoline or oil flowing into an engine, in order to reduce speed

verb | noun

throttlethrottle2 noun [countable] 1technical a piece of equipment that controls the amount of gasoline, oil, etc. going into a vehicle’s engine2(at) full throttle a)if a vehicle or its engine is at full throttle, the throttle is open so the vehicle is traveling as fast as possible b)happening or being done with as much speed, energy, or effort as possible