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 trote (implied in trotbolla "the Adam's apple, larynx," literally "throat boll"), related to trutian "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.
例文
1. The taste of blood in her throat made her want to vomit.
彼女の声の血生臭いにおいは彼女を吐き気がした。
2.She took a sip of water to moisten her dry throat .
彼女はよだれをつけて、乾いた喉を潤した。
3.She wore a string of pearls at her throat .
彼女は真珠のネックレスをつけていた。
4.Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low,polite tones.
クロースは声を澄まし、丁寧に低い声で話し始めた。
5.Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.