gullet
/guhl-it/US // ˈgʌl ɪt //UK // (ˈɡʌlɪt) //
口腔,大口,大口喝水,大口吃
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the esophagus.
- : the throat or pharynx.
- : a channel for water.
- : a gully or ravine.
- : a preparatory cut in an excavation.
- : a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to form a concavity at the base of.
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Examples
Once the meal is partially in its mouth, a second set of jaws somewhere in the eel’s throat clamps down on the squid, pulling the food down the fish’s gullet.
The blade of mine has been dulled on the gullet of that old Saracen yonder with the white beard.
From the eastern gullet where he was, he could not see the sloop on account of the sharp turns of the pass.
To prevent the water rushing into its throat as it skims the surface with its beak, the bird is provided with a very small gullet.
The cilia also send particles of food into a funnel-like opening, the gullet, on one side of the cell.
The gullet widens almost at once into a long stomach, which in turn leads into a much coiled intestine.
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