accelerator
n
1 device for increasing speed, esp the pedal in a car, etc that controls the speed of the engine 加速器; 加速装置(尤指汽车等的油门踏板). =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xii.
2 (physics 物) apparatus for causing charged particles to move at high speeds 粒子加速器.
3 (chemistry 化) substance that causes a chemical reaction to happen more quickly 加速剂; 促进剂.
The house moved and a few pictures fell off the wall, but that was all.
房屋也在动,几幅画从墙上掉下来,但只是这些。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.