noun🔗Share调节器，控制器 A device that controls or limits something."The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device."电压调节器坏了，结果造成的过载摧毁了整个设备。devicetechnologymachinesystemindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share监管者，管理者。 A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law."The food safety regulator checks restaurants to make sure they are clean and safe. "食品安全监管者会检查餐馆，确保它们干净卫生。governmentlawbusinessorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share标准时钟，校准钟。 A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock."The clockmaker carefully compared the newly built grandfather clock to the regulator to ensure its timekeeping was precise. "钟表匠小心翼翼地将新制成的大座钟与标准时钟进行比较，以确保其走时精准。timetechnologymachinedevicescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share调控基因，调节基因 A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes."The regulator gene makes sure the growth gene is only turned on when the cell needs to divide. "这个调控基因确保只有当细胞需要分裂时，生长基因才会被开启。biologybiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share调节器，调压器 A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive."The engineer carefully adjusted the regulator to control the steam and keep the train moving smoothly. "工程师小心地调整蒸汽调节阀，控制蒸汽量，使火车平稳行驶。devicemachinetechnicalvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share压路机，推土机 A bulldozer (member of intimidating group of white US Southerners)."Example Sentence: "Back in the 1930s, in some parts of the rural South, a black person who challenged segregation might be targeted by a regulator." "在20世纪30年代的美国南方农村地区，如果黑人胆敢挑战种族隔离制度，他们可能会成为某些恐吓性的白人南方人团伙（就像推土机一样横行霸道）的目标。grouppersonhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
