An auxiliary burner in which extra fuel is burned in the exhaust of a jet engine, to increase thrust.
（喷气式发动机用来增加推力的）加力燃烧室
Example sentencesExamples
After 20 seconds of afterburner use, the afterburner failed and the nozzle fully closed due to oil loss.
Of course, there's only one way you can see if the flame is clear blue - I stood behind the engine and looked up the exhaust with the engine at full power and the afterburner lit.
The air bypassed the engine compressor and turbine, and using the afterburner as a ram-jet combustion chamber, the available thrust is greatly increased above a Mach number of 2.0
It's powerful, with 35,000 lbs of thrust, and fuel efficient since it does not require fuel guzzling afterburners to run supersonic.
Because of its smaller thrust and lack of an afterburner, it has a lower removal rate than the F100 engines analyzed.
Definition of afterburner in US English:
afterburner
nounˈæftərˌbərnərˈaftərˌbərnər
An auxiliary burner fitted to the exhaust system of a turbojet engine to increase thrust.
（喷气式发动机用来增加推力的）加力燃烧室
Example sentencesExamples
Because of its smaller thrust and lack of an afterburner, it has a lower removal rate than the F100 engines analyzed.
The air bypassed the engine compressor and turbine, and using the afterburner as a ram-jet combustion chamber, the available thrust is greatly increased above a Mach number of 2.0
After 20 seconds of afterburner use, the afterburner failed and the nozzle fully closed due to oil loss.
Of course, there's only one way you can see if the flame is clear blue - I stood behind the engine and looked up the exhaust with the engine at full power and the afterburner lit.
It's powerful, with 35,000 lbs of thrust, and fuel efficient since it does not require fuel guzzling afterburners to run supersonic.