◙ noun 1. the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal • 咽，（咽）喉 the front part of a person's or animal's neck, behind which the gullet, windpipe, and blood vessels serving the head are situated • 咽门，喉头；喉道；颈前部 »a gold pendant gleamed at her throat. 一个金链坠在她的颈前熠熠生辉。 (poetic/literary)a voice of a person or a songbird • [诗／文] 嗓音，嗓门；歌喉 »from a hundred throats came the cry ‘Vive l'Empereur!’. 成百个嗓门同时喊出“皇帝万岁！”。 a thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit • 咽喉状部分（尤指狭窄通道、进出管路） [Sailing] the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail • [航海] （肋材、锚臂或前后帆等的）弯曲处，凹口
【IDIOMS】
◘ be at each other's throats 1. (of people or organizations) quarrel or fight persistently • （人，机构）激烈争吵，吵架；打架，斗殴 ◘ force (或 ram 或 shove) something down someone's throat 1. force ideas or material on a person's attention by repeatedly putting them forward • 强迫某人接受；强行向某人灌输 ◘ grab (或 take) someone by the throat 1. put one's hands around someone's throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them • 扼住某人的咽喉，掐住某人的脖子 (grab something by the throat)seize control of something • 牢牢控制 »Scotland took the game by the throat. 苏格兰队牢牢控制住了比赛。 attract someone's undivided attention • 使心无旁顾，使聚精会神 »the film grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. 这部电影紧紧吸引了你的注意力，让你从头到尾全神贯注。
【派生】
♦ throated adjective »[in combination] a full-throated baritone. 声音洪亮的男中音
【语源】
1. Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. --› comparethrottle