throttle

verb

🔊/ˈθrɒtl/

🔊/ˈθrɑːtl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they throttle	🔊/ˈθrɒtl/ 🔊/ˈθrɑːtl/
he / she / it throttles	🔊/ˈθrɒtlz/ 🔊/ˈθrɑːtlz/
past simple throttled	🔊/ˈθrɒtld/ 🔊/ˈθrɑːtld/
past participle throttled	🔊/ˈθrɒtld/ 🔊/ˈθrɑːtld/
-ing form throttling	🔊/ˈθrɒtlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈθrɑːtlɪŋ/

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throttle somebody to attack or kill somebody by pressing their throat in order to stop them from breathing 使窒息；掐死；勒死synonym strangle
- He throttled the guard with his bare hands.他徒手掐死了卫兵。🔊🔊
- (humorous) I like her, although I could cheerfully throttle her at times (= because she is annoying).我喜欢她，虽然她有时烦得我想把她掐死。🔊🔊
- (figurative) The city is being throttled by traffic.这座城市的交通拥挤不堪。🔊🔊
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a frequentative, from throat; the noun (dating from the mid 16th cent. referring to a person's throat, gullet or windpipe) is perhaps a diminutive of throat, but the history of the word is not clear.

noun

🔊/ˈθrɒtl/

🔊/ˈθrɑːtl/

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a device that controls the amount of fuel that goes into the engine of a vehicle, for example the accelerator in a car节流阀；节流杆；风门；风门杆Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a frequentative, from throat; the noun (dating from the mid 16th cent. referring to a person's throat, gullet or windpipe) is perhaps a diminutive of throat, but the history of the word is not clear.

Idioms

at full throttle

as fast as possible; with as much power or energy as possible
- He drove along at full throttle.他全速驾车行驶。🔊🔊
- The campaign is continuing to run at full throttle.这场运动正在继续全力以赴。