throat
/θrəʊt/noun
1- the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal咽, （咽）喉。
1.1
- the front part of a person's or animal's neck, behind which the gullet, windpipe, and blood vessels serving the head are situated咽门, 喉头; 喉道; 颈前部：
a gold pendant gleamed at her throat.
一个金链坠在她的颈前熠熠生辉。
1.2
- poetic/literary a voice of a person or a songbird〈诗/文〉嗓音, 嗓门; 歌喉：
from a hundred throats came the cry 'Vive l'Empereur!'
成百个嗓门同时喊出“皇帝万岁！”
1.3
- a thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit咽喉状部分（尤指狭窄通道、进出管路）。
1.4
- Sailing the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail【航海】（肋材、锚臂或前后帆等的）弯曲处, 凹口。
短语
be at each other's throats
- (of people or organizations) quarrel or fight persistently（人, 机构）激烈争吵, 吵架; 打架, 斗殴。
force（或ram 或shove） something down someone's throat
- force ideas or material on a person's attention by repeatedly putting them forward强迫某人接受; 强行向某人灌输。
grab （或take） someone by the throat
1
- put one's hands around someone's throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them扼住某人的咽喉, 掐住某人的脖子。
1.1
grab something by the throat
seize control of something牢牢控制：Scotland took the game by the throat.
苏格兰队牢牢控制住了比赛。
1.2
- attract someone's undivided attention使心无旁顾, 使聚精会神：
the film grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go.
这部电影紧紧吸引了你的注意力, 让你从头到尾全神贯注。
派生词
throated
adjective声音洪亮的男中音。
词源
Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with THROTTLE.