释义 |
gul·let I. \ˈgələ̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English golet, from Middle French goulet, diminutive of Old French gole, goule throat, from Latin gula — more at glutton 1. : the tube by which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach : esophagus; broadly : throat 2. : something that resembles a gullet in shape of function: as a. : a variably tubular invagination of the cytoplasm of various protozoans that sometimes functions in the intake of food b. : a channel for water c. : defile, ravine, gully d. : the space between the tips of adjacent saw teeth e. : a preparatory cut in excavations that is wide enough to allow the passage of earth in conveyors 3. : the dewlap of a goose or other bird II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to make gullets in 2. : to evacuate by means of gullets |