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windpipe

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Biology, Human
wind·pipe /ˈwɪndpaɪp/ noun [countable]  HBthe tube through which air passes from your mouth to your lungs 气管 SYN trachea
Examples from the Corpus
windpipeIts crushed her windpipe, and the doctors have put a pipe in so she can breathe.The fingers gripping her windpipe slackened and Irina slumped backwards against the desk and slid to the ground.Vomit burst through my windpipe and landed on the wall six feet away.They were grappling, and she'd got her hand on the woman's windpipe, holding her off, squeezing.You had to regard the Instantaneous solution offered by the symmetry of the razor across the windpipe, a neat line.And when squirted into the windpipes of mice, the viruses infected the animals' lungs and delivered the marker genes.Both these action; should help to force the matter up out of the windpipe.Already, they have noticed that poor neurological control causes many children to inhale bits of food into their windpipes.
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windpipe
windpipe /ˈwɪndpaɪp/ noun [countable]
the tube through which air passes from your mouth to your lungs
   SYN  trachea


wind·pipeBrE /ˈwɪndpaɪp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪndpaɪp/ 🔊 noun
the tube in the throat that carries air to the lungs 气管 SYN trachea