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gullet

/guhl-it/US // ˈgʌl ɪt //UK // (ˈɡʌlɪt) //

口腔,大口,大口喝水,大口吃

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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. 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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