transcription, транскрипция: [ θroʊt ]
( throats)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs.
She had a sore throat...
As she stared at him she felt her throat go dry.
N-COUNT : oft poss N
2.
Your throat is the front part of your neck.
His striped tie was loosened at his throat.
N-COUNT : oft poss N
3.
If you clear your throat , you cough once in order to make it easier to speak or to attract people’s attention.
Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones.
PHRASE : V inflects
4.
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.
I’ve always been close to my dad but he’s never rammed his career down my throat...
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
If two people or groups are at each other’s throats , they are quarrelling or fighting violently with each other.
The idea that Billy and I are at each other’s throats couldn’t be further from the truth.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v
6.
If something sticks in your throat , you find it unacceptable.
What sticks in my throat is that I wasn’t able to win the trophy...
PHRASE : V inflects
7.
a lump in your throat: see lump