throat
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noun
the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal.
喉〘咽喉･食道･気管を含む〙, 咽頭(→ neck )
the front part of a person's or animal's neck, behind which the esophagus, trachea, and blood vessels serving the head are situated:
首の前部, 喉くび, 首もと
e.g. a gold pendant gleamed at her throat.
literary a voice of a person or a songbird:
｟文｠ (小鳥の)鳴き声, (人の)声
e.g. from a hundred throats came the cry “Vive l'Empereur!”.
a thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.
喉状のもの; 【花びんなどの】口, 首 «of» ; 狭い通路
Sailing the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
PHRASES
be at each other's throats
(of people or organizations) quarrel or fight persistently.
cut one's own throat
bring about one's own downfall by one's actions.
force (or ram or shove) something down someone's throat
force ideas or material on a person's attention by repeatedly putting them forward.
grab (or take) someone by the throat
put one's hands around someone's throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them.
(grab something by the throat) seize control of something: in the second half, the Huskies took the game by the throat.
attract someone's undivided attention: the movie grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go.
jump down someone's throat
see jump.
stick in one's throat
see stick2.
DERIVATIVES
throated | ˈTHrōdəd | adjective
in combination : a full-throated baritone | a ruby-throated hummingbird
ORIGIN
Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle.