throat: [OE] Throat comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *thrut- or *thrūt-. This also produced Old English thrūtian ‘swell’, and a related base *strut- was the source of the now defunct Middle English strouten ‘bulge, swell’ (not to mention Dutch strot ‘throat’), so it has been speculated that the underlying etymological meaning of throat is ‘swollen part’ – an allusion no doubt to the bulge of the Adam’s apple. Throttle [14] is probably a derivative of throat. => throttle
throat (n.)
Old English þrote (implied in þrotbolla "the Adam's apple, larynx," literally "throat boll"), related to þrutian "to swell," from Proto-Germanic *thrut- (cognates: Old High German drozza, German Drossel, Old Saxon strota, Middle Dutch strote, Dutch strot "throat"), of uncertain origin. Italian strozza "throat," strozzare "to strangle" are Germanic loan-words. College slang for "competitive student" is 1970s, from cutthroat.
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1. The taste of blood in her throat made her want to vomit.
她嗓子里的血腥味让她直恶心。
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2. She took a sip of water to moisten her dry throat.
她抿了一口水，润一下发干的喉咙。
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3. She wore a string of pearls at her throat.
她戴了一串珍珠项链。
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4. Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones.
克罗斯清了清嗓子，开始有礼貌地低声说话。
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5. Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.
