throttle

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

throttles

1.
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
2.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
Đồng nghĩa: accelerator, gas pedal, gas
3.
(archaic)(anatomy, archaic) The windpipe or trachea.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

throttles

V_ing/Gerund

throttling

V_ed/pp

throttled

1.
(transitive)To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
2.
(transitive)To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
3.
(transitive)To strangle or choke someone.
4.
(intransitive)To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
5.
(intransitive)To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
6.
(transitive)To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.

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Đồng nghĩa

acceleratorgas pedalgas

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (throat), equivalent to throat + -le. Compare Drossel throttle. More at throat.