“tick、over”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tick-over

释义

ˈtick-over
[f. vbl. phr. to tick over: see tick v.¹ 2 d.]
1. The running of an internal combustion engine while out of gear or at a low rate of revolutions. Cf. ticking over s.v. ticking vbl. n.¹ 5.
1931Flight 2 Oct. 990/2 All engines were tested on a hangar with a propeller fitted before going away, for opening and for tick-over.1960Times 27 Sept. 5/3 The tick-over is inevitably ‘lumpy’ and uneven.1981P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman iii. 60 The tick-over became a roar as a motor was revved.
2. attrib., as tick-over speed.
1965[see idle v. 4 a].1978Country Life 10 Aug. 393/1 A Mercedez-Benz dieselcar..at tickover speeds..almost runs on pure air.

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