• n. 節(jié)流閥；[車輛] 風(fēng)門；喉嚨
• vt. 壓制，扼殺；使……窒息；使……節(jié)流
• vi. 節(jié)流，減速；窒息

來(lái)自 throat,喉嚨，-le,表反復(fù)或工具格后綴。引申動(dòng)詞詞義掐死，勒死，名詞詞義節(jié)流閥等。

throttle

throttle: see throat

throttle (v.)

"strangle to death," c. 1400, probably from Middle English throte "throat" (see throat) + -le, perhaps a frequentive suffix (as in spark/sparkle), or a utensil suffix (as in handle), or simply to distinguish it from throat (v.), which in late 14c. was used to mean "cut the throat of, kill by cutting the throat." Related: Throttled; throttling.

throttle (n.)

1540s, "throat;" it appears to be an independent formation from throat, perhaps a diminutive form, not derived directly from the verb. The mechanical sense is first recorded 1872, short for throttle-valve (1824). Full-throttle (allowing maximum speed) is from 1848 in reference to steam engines.

1. He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.

他輕輕松開油門桿，輪船開始緩緩前行。

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2. You have to push the throttle forward for more power.

你得把油門桿往前推來(lái)加大馬力。

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3. He stepped swiftly to the controls to throttle back the engine.

他快步來(lái)到控制臺(tái)跟前，減小了油門。

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4. He lived his life at full throttle.

他過著激情四射的生活。

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5. He twisted the throttle control to max power.

他把節(jié)氣門的開關(guān)擰到最大。

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