throttle

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IPA（発音記号）

/ˈθɹɒt.l̩/

名詞

古語

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.

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He opened the throttle to accelerate down the highway.

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意味（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.

意味（2）

The lever or pedal that controls this valve.

To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still.

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意味（3）

(anatomy, archaic) The windpipe or trachea.

Then up got Peg, and round the house gan scuttle, / In search of goods her customer to nail, / Until the Sultaun strain'd his princely throttle, / And hollow'd,—Ma'am, that is not what I ail.[]

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throttles （ plural ）