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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
throttle
1. a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
accelerator, throttle valve
• Derivationally related forms:
accelerate (for: accelerator)
• Hypernyms:
valve
• Part Holonyms:
fuel system
2. a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- he stepped on the gas
• Syn:
accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, gun
• Derivationally related forms:
accelerate (for: accelerator)
• Hypernyms:
pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
• Part Holonyms:
car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar,
airplane, aeroplane, plane
1. place limits on (extent or access) (Freq. 2)
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
• Syn:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine
• Derivationally related forms:
bound (for: bound), limiter (for: limit), limit (for: limit), limitation (for: limit), trammel (for: trammel), restrainer (for: restrain), restrictive (for: restrict), restriction (for: restrict)
• Hypernyms:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check,
curb, moderate
• Hyponyms:
reduce, tighten, tie, gate, draw the line,
draw a line, mark off, mark out, rule, harness, rein,
baffle, regulate, hamper, halter, cramp, strangle,
stiffen, tighten up, constrain, clamp down, crack down, inhibit,
restrain, encumber, cumber
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (Freq. 1)
- he tried to strangle his opponent
- A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
• Syn:
strangle, strangulate
• Derivationally related forms:
throttler, throttling, strangulation (for: strangulate), strangulation (for: strangle), strangler (for: strangle), strangling (for: strangle)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Hyponyms:
garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
• Entailment:
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They want to throttle the prisoners
3. reduce the air supply
- choke a carburetor
• Syn:
choke
• Derivationally related forms:
choke (for: choke)
• Hypernyms:
enrich
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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