单词 | throttle |
释义 | throttle (once / 1988 pages) 1nv 2v The throttle of an engine controls the fuel going in, and if you're going at full throttle, you'd better hang onto your hat. You can think of a throttle as a throat, and the two words may be related. But as with a throat, if you block a throttle, something bad is likely to happen. You can throttle your car — cut off the air to the engine, also known as applying the choke — and you might stall it out. You can also throttle a person — the image is that you grab the person by the throat and cut off his air. It's much better to use throttle figuratively, as when you beat someone really badly at tennis, you could say "you throttled her," but nobody has to get hurt. WORD FAMILYthrottle: throttled, throttler, throttles, throttling+/throttler: throttlers/throttling: throttlings USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s unlikely to be a letup on the throttle this time. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Drive modes adjust throttle response, steering weight, gearbox mapping and the amount of engine growl allowed into the cabin. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) A nurse working in a south Wales emergency department, who was throttled by a patient, believes more needs to be done. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine Syn|Hyper accelerator, throttle valve valve control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid 2n a pedal that controls the throttle valve Syn|Hyper accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun foot lever, foot pedal, pedal, treadle a lever that is operated with the foot 3v place limits on (extent or access) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, trammel reduce, tighten narrow or limit tielimit or restrict to gaterestrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment draw a line, draw the linereasonably object (to) or set a limit (on) mark off, mark outset boundaries to and delimit harness, rein, rulekeep in check baffle, regulatecheck the emission of (sound) cramp, halter, hamper, strangleprevent the progress or free movement of constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten uprestrict clamp down, crack downrepress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) inhibitlimit the range or extent of constrain, cumber, encumber, restrainhold back bridleput a bridle on curbkeep to the curb clogimpede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits 1v kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air Syn|Hypo|Hyper strangle, strangulate garotte, garrote, garrotte, scrag strangle with an iron collar kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly 2v reduce the air supply Syn|Hyper choke enrich make better or improve in quality |
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