資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Throat \Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote,
[thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. &
D. stort. Cf. {Throttle}.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
vertebral column.
(b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and
lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the
fauces.
I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.
2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase.
3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
the flue. --Gwilt.
4. (Naut.)
(a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
staysail.
(b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
shank. --Totten.
5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
{Throat brails} (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to
the mast.
{Throat halyards} (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of
the gaff.
{Throat pipe} (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
{To give one the lie in his throat}, to accuse one pointedly
of lying abominably.
{To lie in one's throat}, to lie flatly or abominably.