| 单词 | throat |
| 释义 | throat (θroʊt ) Word forms: throats 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] B1+ Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs. She had a sore throat. As she stared at him, she felt her throat go dry. Synonyms: gullet, windpipe, oesophagus, crop 2. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] B1+ Your throat is the front part of your neck. His striped tie was loosened at his throat. 3. to clear your throat phrase B2 If you clear your throat, you cough once in order to make it easier to speak or to attract people's attention. Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones. 4. to ram something down someone's throat phrase 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. I've always been close to my dad but he's never rammed his career down my throat. I can't understand why we're trying to ram Shakespeare down their throats. 5. at each other's throats phrase If two people or groups are at each other's throats, they are quarrelling or fighting violently with each other. The idea that Billy and I are at each other's throats couldn't be further from the truth. 6. to stick in your throat phrase If something sticks in your throat, you find it unacceptable. What sticks in my throat is that I wasn't able to win the trophy. She wanted to ask if he had news of Keith, but the words stuck in her throat. 7. a lump in your throat phrase If you say that you have a lump in your throat, you mean that you have a tight feeling in your throat because of a strong emotion such as sorrow or gratitude. I stood there with a lump in my throat and tried to fight back tears. It was a great reception and it brought a lump to my throat. Idioms: have a frog in your throat to find it difficult to speak clearly because you have a cough or a sore throat Even when I was little, other kids would ask if I had a frog in my throat. I just have a raspy voice. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cut your own throat to make a mistake by doing something which is going to result in disaster for you I think the union is cutting its own throat because, if the company can't reduce its costs, then even more jobs will be lost. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers grab something by the throat to make a determined attempt to control, defeat, or deal with something Instead of being passive and waiting for things to happen, you must get out there and grab life by the throat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers jump down someone's throat to react to something someone has said in a very impatient, angry, and unpleasant way Even if I just asked her how she was, she'd jump down my throat, as if I were interrogating her. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers ram something down someone's throat to try to force someone to accept, believe, or learn something against their will When I was a kid, my parents rammed religion down my throat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers something grabs you by the throat said to mean that something is so powerful, interesting, or exciting that you are forced to pay attention to it Fifty years after it was made, the film still grabs you by the throat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers something sticks in your throat said to mean that something makes you annoyed or impatient It sticks in my throat that politicians think that they still have something to tell the rest of us about morality. said to mean that you cannot say a particular word, or you dislike saying it, because it does not express your real feelings or because it makes you feel uncomfortable She found it impossible to utter the usual terms of maternal endearment: words such as `darling' or `pet' stuck in her throat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a lump in your throat a tight feeling in your throat because of a strong emotion such as sorrow, nostalgia, or gratitude Meg felt a lump in her throat. She was going to miss Dot, even though the two of them had never been particularly close. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 喉咙, 喉咙 Japanese: のど, のど |
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