throat /θrəʊt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs. 喉咙

  例：

  She had a sore throat.

  她喉咙痛。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Your throat is the front part of your neck. 喉部

  例：

  His striped tie was loosened at his throat.

  他脖子上的条纹领带松开着。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If you clear your throat, you cough once either to make it easier to speak or to attract people's attention. 清喉咙

  例：

  Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones.

  克罗斯清了清喉咙，低声礼貌地说起话来。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you ram something down someone's throat or force it down their throat, you keep mentioning a situation or idea in order to make them accept it or believe it. 反复灌输以让人接受或相信

  例：

  I've always been close to my dad but he's never rammed his career down my throat.

  我和父亲一直很亲近，但是他从来没有强迫我继承他的事业。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If two people or groups are at each other's throats, they are arguing or fighting violently with each other. 激烈争吵; 激烈打斗

  例：

  The idea that we are at each other's throats couldn't be further from the truth.

  认为我们在激烈争吵的想法简直是无稽之谈。

• 6. 

  a lump in your throat →see lump