| 释义 |
throaty, a.|ˈθrəʊtɪ|
[f. as prec. + -y.]
1. Of vocal sounds, or of the voice: Produced or modified in the throat; guttural; hoarse.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. lxxiii. 112 A rime of certain hard throaty words..accounted the difficultst in all the whole Castilian language. 1863E. C. Clayton Queens of Song II. 108 In flexibility she was surpassed by few singers..but for purity of tone and volume, her organ..was throaty. 1874Hullah Speaking Voice 12 Qualities to which we apply, somewhat vaguely, the epithets thick, thin, throaty, mouthy, and the like. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xlvi, A wonderful mixture of the throaty and the nasal. 1906Times 8 Nov. 11/3 Parts of her voice are very throaty in quality.
2. Of an animal: Having the skin about the throat too loose and pendulous; having a prominent throat or capacious swallow.
1778Reading Merc. & Oxf. Gaz. 30 Nov., A little black Welch Bullock..with a white back, grizzle head and neck throaty. a1843Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. (1851) IV. 400/2 Some bulls of the middle-horned breed are reproached with being throaty, the skin too profuse and pendulous. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 541/2 The Spanish pointer was huge of bone, coarse in head and muzzle, very throaty. |