throat
noun/θrəʊt/
/θrəʊt/
Idioms - a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way into the body; the front part of the neck
咽喉；喉咙；颈前部 - a sore throat
咽喉痛 - A sob caught in his throat.
他泣不成声。 - He held the knife to her throat.
他拿刀子顶着她的喉咙。 - Their throats had been cut.
他们的咽喉被割断了。 - They caught a pig and Jack slit (= cut) its throat.
他们抓住了一头猪，杰克割断了它的喉咙。 - He quickly stuffed a hot dog down his throat.
他赶紧把一根热狗塞进喉咙里。
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb1- She felt the cold water trickle down her throat.
她感到凉水顺着喉咙流下去。 - She seized her attacker by the throat.
她揪住了袭击者的喉部。 - The chemical causes eye, nose, and throat irritations.
这种化学物质会引起眼睛、鼻子和喉咙发炎。 - The medicine left a sour taste in the back of my throat.
药在我嗓子眼儿那儿留下酸酸的味道。 - His throat constricted with fear when he saw the knife.
他看见刀吓得喉咙哽住了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + throat- cut
- slash
- slit
- …
- by the throat
- a sore throat
- -throated(in adjectives) having the colour of throat mentioned; making a sound in the throat of the type mentioned
有…喉咙的；嗓子…的 - a blue-throated macaw
一只蓝喉金刚鹦鹉 - a deep-throated roar
低沉的咆哮
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics- -beaked
- -bellied
- -billed
- -blooded
- -bodied
- -cheeked
- -chested
- -eared
- -eyed
- -faced
- -fingered
- -footed
- -haired
- -handed
- -headed
- -hearted
- -hipped
- -lidded
- -limbed
- -mouthed
- -necked
- -nosed
- -skinned
- -tailed
- -throated
- -toothed
see also cut-throat - a blue-throated macaw
Word OriginOld English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle.
Idioms
be at each other’s throats
- (informal) (of two or more people, groups, etc.) to be fighting or arguing with each other
打架斗殴；激烈争吵；吵架
clear your throat
- to cough (= to force out air noisily through your throat) so that you can speak clearly
清嗓子（以发音清晰）
cut your own throat
- to do something that is likely to harm you, especially when you are angry and trying to harm somebody else
（尤指生气和要加害于人时）自食恶果，卡自己的脖子，自寻死路
force/thrust/ram something down somebody’s throat
- (informal) to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying
强加于人；强迫接受（观点） - People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats.
人们厌倦了无所不在却又无所逃遁的广告。
- People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats.
have, etc. a frog in your throat
- to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time
（暂时）失音，嗓音嘶哑
have, etc. a lump in your throat
- to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional
（因愤怒或情绪激动而）喉咙哽住，哽咽
jump down somebody’s throat
- (informal) to react very angrily to somebody
愤怒地反驳；猛烈回击某人
stick in your throat/craw (informal)
- (of words) to be difficult or impossible to say
难以启齿；说不出口 - She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
她想要表达自己的歉意，但话却哽在喉咙里。
- She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
- (of a situation) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry
难以接受；无法接受；令人气愤