Толковый словарь английского языка - throat

I. noun Etymology: Middle English throte, from Old English; akin to Old High German drozza ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. the part of the neck in front of the spinal column, the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs, b. voice, the seat of the voice, something resembling the ~ especially in being an entrance, a passageway, a construction, or a narrowed part: as, the orifice of a tubular organ especially of a plant, the opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep, the part of a tennis racket that connects the head with the shaft, the curved part of an anchor's arm where it joins the shank, II. transitive verb Date: circa 1611 to utter in the ~ ; mutter, to sing or enunciate in a ~y voice