| 单词 | go the wrong way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go the wrong way to go the wrong way, of food, etc.: see way n.1 18a.extracted from wrongadj.adv.to go the wrong way c. to go the wrong way: (of food or drink) to go into the windpipe instead of the gullet when being swallowed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (intransitive)] > go into windpipe (of food) to go the wrong way1766 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 42 An acquaintance..was killed by a piece of chesnut, which went the wrong way, as we commonly express it. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) vii. 94 He's swallered somethin' the wrong way. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 67 In a constant sort of mild epileptic fit, from laughter, and wine going the wrong way. < as lemmas |
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