单词 | throat-catching |
释义 | > as lemmasthroat-catching throat-catching adj. causing the breath or voice to seem to catch in the throat; producing a sensation of tightness or pressure in the throat, esp. as a result of strong emotion; characterized by this. ΚΠ 1889 London Story Paper 4 May 8/3 Her story grief had worn out its violence and subsided into that hysterical throat-catching state you wot of. 1901 Musical Times Jan. 42/2 The curious throat-catching staccato effects in the runs [sc. in a solo from Monteverde's opera Orfeo] were well shown by Mr. Frank Pownall. 1920 C. Wood Mountain iii. 146 The beauty of the night was throat-catching. 2009 Financial Times 26 Sept. 23/4 A small scene of him and other limbless men playing a kind of group tennis was at once inspiring and throat-catching. < as lemmas |
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