| 释义 |
a lump in the throatA feeling of tightness or dryness in the throat caused by strong emotion, especially sadness: there was a lump in her throat as she gazed down at her uncle’s gaunt features...- There are others, potential nominees whom the president might have chosen, who probably also feel a lump in the throat when they think about the Supreme Court, but it is caused by anger rather than reverence.
- It's a film that would have caused a lump in the throat, had the director just built a plot around a man whose biological and mental age are inversely proportional - he is an adult with the mind of a seven-year-old.
- Tears flowed freely and as their schoolmates roared No Surrender and You'll Never Walk Alone to the skies, even the neutral observer could feel the presence of a lump in the throat.
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