Word · Frequency #33148
gullet
食道;食管
核心释义
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- 1.
喉咙或食道
The throat or esophagus.
- 2.
纤毛虫的细胞咽,食物通过它摄入。
The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
- 3.
锯片齿间的空隙。
The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
- 4.
水渠;水道。
A channel for water.
- 5.
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.
- 6.
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.
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。
用法In use
The berry went down the bird's gullet into its stomach.
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.
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.
用法提示:gullet 作名词,表示食道这一身体部位。
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。
pour something down one's gullet
形容快速大量地喝下液体。
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