咽
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Definitions
- 1. to swallow
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‘咽’(yàn)是动词‘吞咽’，不要与名词‘咽’(yān, throat)或形容词‘咽’(yè, choked)混淆。
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1 shown他喝了一口水， 咽 了下去。
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Words Containing 咽
to swallow
throat
to sob
prepharynx (biology)
dysphagia (medicine)
isthmus of the fauces
angina
pharyngitis
pharynx
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yān] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gǔ shì] of the middle ear)
to choke with emotion
laryngopharynx
to swallow
dysphagia (medicine)
to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
to die
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
to sob
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
to eat slowly (idiom)
ear nose and throat
nose and throat
cancers of the nose and throat