craw
noun/krɔː/
/krɔː/
Idioms - the part of a bird’s throat where food is kept
Topics Birdsc2(禽的)嗉囊,嗉子 Word Originlate Middle English: from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German krage ‘neck, throat’.
Idioms
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