1 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 咽喉;喉咙;嗓子 Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs. 咽喉;喉咙;嗓子
SYN gullet, windpipe, oesophagus, crop
2 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 喉部;颈前部 Your throat is the front part of your neck. 喉部;颈前部
3 PHRASE 清嗓子 If you clear your throat, you cough once in order to make it easier to speak or to attract people's attention. 清嗓子
4 PHRASE 向…反复灌输;向…不断强调;迫使…接受 If you ram something down someone's throat or force it down their throat, you keep mentioning a situation or idea in order to make them accept it or believe it. 向…反复灌输;向…不断强调;迫使…接受
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I've always been close to my dad but he's never rammed his career down my throat.
我一直和爸爸很亲近,不过他从不强迫我继承他的事业。
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I can't understand why we're trying to ram Shakespeare down their throats.
我搞不懂我们为什么硬要他们学习莎士比亚的作品。
5 PHRASE 激烈争吵;凶猛打斗 If two people or groups are at each other's throats, they are quarrelling or fighting violently with each other. 激烈争吵;凶猛打斗
6 PHRASE 使无法接受 If something sticks in your throat, you find it unacceptable. 使无法接受
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What sticks in my throat is that I wasn't able to win the trophy.
令我耿耿于怀的是自己没能获奖。
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She wanted to ask if he had news of Keith, but the words stuck in her throat.
她想问他有没有基思的消息,可是难以启齿。
7 a lump in your throat→see: lump
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