gullet

IPA/ˈɡʌlɪt/
KK[ɡˈʌlət]IPA/ˈɡʌlɪt/

gullet — 名詞

  • gulletsingular
  • gulletsplural

1. the narrow passage inside your neck that food and drink move along on their way

1.名詞C1
釋義

食道；咽喉

脖子裡讓食物通往胃的管道

the narrow passage inside your neck that food and drink move along on their way down to your stomach

例句

A large fish bone got stuck in Felipe's gullet during dinner.

晚餐時，一根大魚刺卡在 Felipe 的食道裡。

something gets stuck in someone's gullet

The doctor warned Naoko that hot soup can burn the gullet.

醫生警告 Naoko，熱湯可能會燙傷食道。

collocation: burn / hurt the gullet

常見搭配
  • stuck in one's gullet
  • down the gullet
  • burn the gullet
同義詞
  • oesophagus

    the formal, medical term for the same tube

  • throat

    broader and far more common; covers the whole area, not just the food tube

用法筆記

Informal and slightly old-fashioned for the human body; the neutral medical term is 'oesophagus' (US 'esophagus'). 'Gullet' is more common when talking about animals or describing something stuck in the throat.

常見錯誤

Food goes from the gullet into the lungs.
Food goes from the gullet into the stomach.
the gullet leads to the stomach, not the lungs.

常見搭配

常用片語

  • stuck in one's gullet

介系詞搭配

  • down the gullet
  • in the gullet