craw

noun
🔊/krɔː/
🔊/krɔː/
Idioms
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  1. the part of a bird’s throat where food is kept(禽的)嗉囊,嗉子Topics Birdsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German krage ‘neck, throat’.
Idioms
stick in your throat/craw (informal)
  1. (of words话语) to be difficult or impossible to say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.她想说对不起,可是话语似乎一直在她的喉咙里流淌。
  2. (of a situation情况) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry难以接受;无法接受;令人气愤