单词 | throttle |
释义 | verb | noun throttlethrottle1 /ˈθrɑt̮l/ verb [transitive] 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 |
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