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voice box

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Human
ˈvoice box noun [countable]  HBHthe part of your throat that you use to produce sounds when you speak 声匣,喉 SYN larynx
Examples from the Corpus
voice boxHe swallowed, knew that all he had for a voice box was a little whistle cut from a willow switch.He can move his head and hands and talk through a voice box fitted over his vocal cords.Still partially paralysed by the brain disease Guillain-Barre syndrome, he can only speak with the aid of an artificial voice box.Christopher Ray began to choke and turn blue after the candy-coated ball lodged in his voice box.They can speak, via a whirring mechanical voice box, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.I wanted all those wonderful colors to collide in ways that could blow your voice box right off.
ˈvoice box nounChineseSyllable
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voice box
ˈvoice box noun [countable]
the part of your throat that you use to produce sounds when you speak
   SYN  larynx


voice boxBrE /ˈvɔɪs bɒks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvɔɪs bɑːks/ 🔊 nounthe area at the top of the throat that contains the vocal cords SYN larynx