decelerate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·cel·e·rate /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ verb [intransitive] formal  SLOWto go slower, especially in a vehicle 〔尤指车辆〕减速 SYN slow down OPP accelerate —deceleration /ˌdiːseləˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] a deceleration in economic growth 经济增速放缓→ See Verb table

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decelerate• Between the bow shock and the magnetopause the solar wind is greatly decelerated.• Alpha particles are just high-energy 4He nuclei; after decelerating and picking up electrons, they become atoms of 4He.• An underpowered helicopter will rapidly decelerate as soon as you apply any control input and the model will come to a dead stop-probably inverted.• Steeply, noses high, the whole flight rapidly decelerated for the landing.• I have an aggravating whine coming from my gearbox every time I decelerate in fourth gear.• Only four steps are required to decelerate the motor, as the load torque contributes to the decelerating torque.• Then, with a single powerful engine burn, the spacecraft can decelerate to a soft landing on the lunar surface.• Our flight continued to decelerate to about 70 knots.

de·cel·e·rate verbChineseSyllable  

Corpus in to slower, vehicle a go especially

decelerate
de‧cel‧e‧rate /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ verb [intransitive] formal
to go slower, especially in a vehicle
   SYN  slow down
   OPP  accelerate
—deceleration /ˌdiːseləˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
    a deceleration in economic growth

de·cel·er·ateBrE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they decelerate BrE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it decelerates BrE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪts/ 🔊past simple decelerated BrE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle decelerated BrE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form decelerating BrE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈseləreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to reduce the speed at which a vehicle is travelling （使）减速行驶；降低运行速度 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to become or make sth become slower （使）减缓，变慢 SYN slow down ◆Economic growth decelerated sharply in June. 六月份经济增长大幅度减缓。🔊🔊 OPP accelerate ▸ de·cel·er·ation BrE /ˌdiːseləˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdiːseləˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]