accelerator

Word family nounaccelerantaccelerationacceleratoraccelerometeradjectiveaccelerativeacceleratoryverbaccelerate

Related topics: Motor vehicles

ac·cel·e·ra·tor /əkˈseləreɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1. TTCthe part of a car or other vehicle that you press with your foot to make it go faster 〔车辆的〕加速装置，油门 SYN American English gas pedal →4 See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 car

2. technical a large machine used to make extremely small pieces of matter1(3) move at extremely high speeds 粒子加速器

Examples from the Corpus

accelerator• As the taxi-driver played the brake and accelerator game and jolted him through the dark London streets, Mark considered his position.• Clayt turned the engine over and felt for the accelerator with his toe and backed into the Harpswell Road.• You press on the accelerator and begin backing out.• I pulled out of the eight, stamped the accelerator down through the floor and drove for a gate.• I can set this cruise control to any speed I want and it drives without me having to touch the accelerator.• The accelerators could also be used for food sterilization and other applications.

From Longman Business Dictionary

acceleratorac·cel·e·ra·tor /əkˈseləreɪtə-ər/ noun [singular]ECONOMICS

1the principle that when demand for goods rises and falls, investment rises and falls by even larger amounts

2when a government uses the accelerator, it encourages demand as a way of controlling the economy

Ministers need to time their use of the economic brake or accelerator carefully.

词汇	accelerator
释义	accelerator Word family nounaccelerantaccelerationacceleratoraccelerometeradjectiveaccelerativeacceleratoryverbaccelerate Related topics: Motor vehicles ac·cel·e·ra·tor /əkˈseləreɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] 1. TTCthe part of a car or other vehicle that you press with your foot to make it go faster 〔车辆的〕加速装置，油门 SYN American English gas pedal →4 See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 car 2. technical a large machine used to make extremely small pieces of matter1(3) move at extremely high speeds 粒子加速器 Examples from the Corpus accelerator• As the taxi-driver played the brake and accelerator game and jolted him through the dark London streets, Mark considered his position.• Clayt turned the engine over and felt for the accelerator with his toe and backed into the Harpswell Road.• You press on the accelerator and begin backing out.• I pulled out of the eight, stamped the accelerator down through the floor and drove for a gate.• I can set this cruise control to any speed I want and it drives without me having to touch the accelerator.• The accelerators could also be used for food sterilization and other applications. From Longman Business Dictionary acceleratorac·cel·e·ra·tor /əkˈseləreɪtə-ər/ noun [singular]ECONOMICS 1the principle that when demand for goods rises and falls, investment rises and falls by even larger amounts 2when a government uses the accelerator, it encourages demand as a way of controlling the economy Ministers need to time their use of the economic brake or accelerator carefully.
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