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go down the windpipe
表示食物或液体误入气管时常用这个说法。
A drop of water went down the windpipe and made her cough.
一滴水进了气管，让她咳了起来。
气管
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
气管
windpipe
A drop of water went down the windpipe and made her cough.
一滴水进了气管，让她咳了起来。
气管。
The trachea.
从喉部到支气管输送吸入空气的膜性管道,带有软骨环
membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
任何用于输送空气或其他气体的管道。
Any duct for air or other gas.
The doctor asked me to open my mouth and say 'ah' so she could check my windpipe.
医生让我张开嘴说“啊”，以便她能检查我的气管。
Smoke from the fire made his windpipe feel raw and sore.
火灾的烟雾让他的气管感到又疼又灼热。
A small piece of food went down the wrong way and got stuck in her windpipe.
一小块食物走错了道，卡在了她的气管里。
表示食物或液体误入气管时常用这个说法。
A drop of water went down the windpipe and made her cough.
一滴水进了气管，让她咳了起来。
这里的动词常用 block、obstruct 等，表示堵住气管。
A small toy could block the windpipe.
一个小玩具可能会堵塞气管。
windpipe 是可数名词，复数形式为 windpipes。
There was a lot of mucus in the windpipe.
气管里有很多黏液。
Not this
The food went down my air pipe.
Use this
The food went down my windpipe.
受汉语‘气管’字面翻译的影响，学习者常把‘air pipe’当作英语说法；但正确指气管的单词是 windpipe。
Not this
My windpipe is sore because I have a cold.
Use this
My throat is sore because I have a cold.
windpipe 特指气管（trachea），感冒时感到疼痛的是喉咙（throat），不是气管，因此应使用 throat。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
堵塞的气管
The child had a blocked windpipe and could not breathe.
这个孩子气管堵塞，无法呼吸。
卡在气管里的食物
A piece of food got stuck in his windpipe.
一块食物卡在了他的气管里。
清嗓子；清除气管阻塞
He coughed loudly to clear his windpipe.
他大声咳嗽以清除气管里的异物。
气管收缩关闭
Her windpipe closed up during the allergic reaction.
过敏反应期间她的气管收缩闭合了。
狭窄的气管
A narrow windpipe can make breathing difficult.
狭窄的气管会导致呼吸困难。
Use windpipe naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把windpipe拆成wind(风)+pipe(管道)：想象空气像风一样吹过这条管道，记住“风管”就是气管。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、健康话题、医学科普 windpipe 是“气管”的日常常用说法，多用于日常交流和健康科普，语气中性；正式医学场合通常用 trachea。
气管
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