something sticks in one's gullet
比喻难以接受或吞咽的事物。
The criticism stuck in his gullet.
批评声卡在他的喉咙里，难以接受。
喉咙或食道；纤毛虫的细胞咽,食物通过它摄入。；锯片齿间的空隙。；水渠；水道。；挖掘中预备的切口或沟槽,宽度足以让运土车通过。
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
喉咙或食道
The throat or esophagus.
纤毛虫的细胞咽,食物通过它摄入。
The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
锯片齿间的空隙。
The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
水渠；水道。
A channel for water.
挖掘中预备的切口或沟槽,宽度足以让运土车通过。
A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
马鞍前桥下方的宽大空隙；备鞍动物肩隆上方的凹处。
The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
The berry went down the bird's gullet into its stomach.
那颗浆果顺着鸟的食道进入了它的胃。
用法提示：gullet 在此作名词，意为“食道”。
After eating too quickly, he felt something stuck in his gullet.
吃得太快之后，他感觉有东西卡在食道里。
用法提示：gullet 此处为名词，指食道。
The doctor explained that the gullet carries food from the throat to the stomach.
医生解释说，食道把食物从咽喉送到胃里。
用法提示：gullet 作名词，表示食道这一身体部位。
比喻难以接受或吞咽的事物。
The criticism stuck in his gullet.
批评声卡在他的喉咙里，难以接受。
形容快速大量地喝下液体。
He poured the cold beer down his gullet.
他把冰啤酒一饮而尽。
可指地理上的狭窄通道。
The narrow gullet of the canyon forced the river into rapids.
峡谷狭窄的通道迫使河流形成急流。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have a pain in my gullet.
正确表达I have a pain in my throat.
英语中，表示咽喉部位的普通疼痛常用 'throat'，而 'gullet' 特指食道，不用于日常的喉咙痛表达。
grammar · medium
易错句子Gullet is a tube that carries food.
正确表达The gullet is a tube that carries food.
'gullet' 是可数名词，表示具体器官时通常需要冠词 'the' 或 'a'，单数形式不能单独使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He swallowed the food into his gullet.
正确表达He swallowed the food down his gullet.
动词 'swallow' 后接 'down' 表示食物沿食道下行，'into' 则强调进入内部，但习惯用法常用 'down'。
gullet特指从咽到胃的通道（食道），而throat包括整个咽和喉；gullet更偏解剖学。
gullet是消化系统的一部分，而gully是水流侵蚀形成的狭窄沟壑。
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