English Dictionary

throttle

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.

日本語の意味

燃料と空気の混合気の供給を調整し、内燃エンジンの回転数を制御するためのバルブ。また、エンジンへの空気供給を調整するための類似のバルブ。

He opened the throttle to accelerate down the highway.

彼は燃料と空気の混合気を調整してエンジンの回転数を制御する弁を開いて、高速道路で加速した。

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.

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.[]

throttles （ plural ）