“gullet”常指食道（把食物从咽喉送到胃的管道），也可泛指喉咙/咽喉部位（尤用于动物或较文学化的表达）。
/ˈɡʌlɪt/
The fish swallowed the hook, and it slid down its gullet.
那条鱼把鱼钩吞了下去，鱼钩顺着它的食道滑了下去。
He spoke in a rough whisper, as if something were stuck in his gullet and every word had to force its way out.
他用沙哑的低语说话，仿佛有什么卡在喉咙里，每个词都得费力挤出来。
“gullet”来自古法语 goulet（“小喉咙/咽喉”，带有指小的后缀），进一步可追溯到拉丁语 gula（“喉咙、咽喉”）。因此它在意义上一直与“吞咽通道/咽喉”密切相关。
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