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单词 throatless
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throatlessadj.

Brit. /ˈθrəʊtləs/, U.S. /ˈθroʊtləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: throat n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < throat n. + -less suffix.
Without a throat (in various senses of throat n.); having no throat; (also) voiceless; unable to speak.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > having no
neckless1610
throatless1818
tympano-cervical1900
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [adjective] > having no
throatless1818
1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 33 Learn, throatless dastard, by, that look.
1881 G. Allen Evolutionist at Large v. 49 A wasp whose head has been severed from its body and stuck upon a pin, will still greedily suck up honey with its throatless mouth.
1887 Longman's Mag. Sept. 539 Vast, featureless head, set throatless on a formless bust.
1909 Times 25 Sept. 7/5 Your view is that an audience is throatless and needs protection—it has lost the power of protest?
1921 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 28 June 11/3 The sleeveless, throatless, sometimes backless and all but hemless frock.
1945 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 7 June 5/7 Hand electric shear, throatless shear, lever shears, ring and circle shears.
2002 Canberra Times 31 May a15 They all scream themselves throatless during the warm-ups.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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