trachea

/trey-kee-uh or, especially British, truh-kee-uh/US // ˈtreɪ ki ə or, especially British, trəˈki ə //UK // (trəˈkiːə) //

气管,支气管,气道,呼吸道

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural tra·che·ae [trey-kee-ee or, especially British, truh-kee-ee], /ˈtreɪ kiˌi or, especially British, trəˈki i/, tra·che·as.
- : Anatomy, Zoology. the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
- : one of the air-conveying tubes of the respiratory system.
- : Botany. vessel.

as inthroat

Synonyms

A plastic tube lodged in his trachea was the only thing keeping him alive.
No one has heard the Bolivarian leader speak a word (due to a surgical tube in his trachea, officials parry).
A view of the lower part of the trachea, dividing into the main bronchial tubes, which again branch into a tree-like form.
Again, the air-tubes or tracheæ of insects are, like the trachea and bronchi of many Vertebrates, air-breathing organs.
At the anterior end of the trachea we find already formed in the amphibia the larynx, the important organ of voice and speech.
An ordinary canula is placed in the trachea and the wounds are dressed.
If the wound be in the middle line it is impossible to miss the trachea.