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Throttle V 节流阀 Suffix Throat θrɔtl 掐脖子;扼杀;N 英

单词 throttle
音标 ['θrɔtl]
解释 v. 掐脖子;扼杀;n. 节流阀
红宝书 【英】 v.掐脖子(choke); 扼杀(suppress);n.节流阀(a valve for regulating the supply of a fluid to an engine)
【记】 throt(=throat喉)+tl e→掐脖子
【例】 The thief throttled the dog to keep it from barking.
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. 掐脖子; 扼杀; n 节流阀
【记】throt = throat(n 喉), tle-掐脖子
趣味全助记 【记】源自throat 咽喉

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