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

单词

throttle

释义

throttle /throtˈl/

noun

(in full throttle valve) a valve regulating the supply of steam or of gas and air in an engine
(in full throttle lever) a lever that opens and closes a throttle valve
The throat or windpipe (now dialect)

transitive verb

To choke by pressure on the windpipe
To strangle
To suppress or silence
To check the flow of
To cut down the supply of steam, or of gas and air, to or in, by means of a throttle

intransitive verb

To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated

ORIGIN: Appar dimin of throat

throttˈler noun

throttˈling noun and adjective

throttle pipe noun

The vertical pipe between the throttle valve and the dry-pipe of a locomotive

at full throttle

At full speed

throttle back or down

To slow down by closing the throttle (also figurative)

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