oesophagus

IPA/iˈsɒfəɡəs/
IPA/iˈsɑːfəɡəs/

oesophagus — 名詞

  • oesophagussingular
  • oesophagiplural

1. The stretchy, muscular tube inside your body that carries food and liquid from y

1.名詞B2
釋義

食道

連接口腔與胃的肌肉管道

The stretchy, muscular tube inside your body that carries food and liquid from your throat down into your stomach after you swallow.

例句

After a serious accident, Ilan needed surgery to repair a tear in his oesophagus.

發生嚴重事故後，Ilan 需要動手術修補食道上的撕裂傷。

possessive + oesophagus referring to a specific person

The doctor warned Beatriz that drinking very hot tea might damage her oesophagus over time.

醫生警告 Beatriz，長期喝太燙的茶可能會傷害她的食道。

damage + oesophagus common verb–noun pattern

常見搭配
  • oesophagus + verb: the oesophagus connects, carries, contracts, pushes
  • verb + oesophagus: damage the oesophagus, block the oesophagus, examine the oesophagus, repair the oesophagus
  • adjective + oesophagus: narrow oesophagus, inflamed oesophagus, torn oesophagus
  • prepositional: lining of the oesophagus, wall of the oesophagus, acid in the oesophagus
同義詞
  • gullet

    informal, everyday word for the same tube

  • food pipe

    very informal, often used with children or in plain language

文法句型

the + oesophagus

possessive + oesophagus

用法筆記

This is the British English spelling. In American English the same body part is spelled 'esophagus' (without the 'o'). Both are pronounced differently too: British /ɪˈsɒf.ə.ɡəs/, American /ɪˈsɑː.fə.ɡəs/.

常見錯誤

The food went into her oesophagus instead of her windpipe, so she could not breathe.
The food went into her trachea instead of her oesophagus, so she could not breathe.
The oesophagus carries food to the stomach; the trachea (windpipe) carries air to the lungs. They are two different tubes.

同根字

  • oesophageal
    形容詞C1
  • esophagus
    名詞B2
  • esophageal
    形容詞C1
  • oesophagitis
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • lining of the oesophagus
  • wall of the oesophagus
  • cancer of the oesophagus
  • acid in the oesophagus

常用片語

  • burn the oesophagus
  • block the oesophagus
  • examine the oesophagus
  • tear in the oesophagus

介系詞搭配

  • down the oesophagus
  • through the oesophagus
  • into the oesophagus
  • from the oesophagus