craw
noun /krɔː/
/krɔː/
Idioms - the part of a bird’s throat where food is kept
Topics Birdsc2(禽的)嗉囊,嗉子 词源late Middle English: from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German krage ‘neck, throat’.
Idioms
stick in your throat/craw (informal)
- (of words
) to be difficult or impossible to say话语 难以启齿;说不出口 - She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
她想说她有多抱歉,但话似乎卡在喉咙里了。
- She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
- (of a situation
) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry情况 难以接受;无法接受;令人气愤