larynx

FREQ #28667

n. 喉头 [医] 喉

发音

UK /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/
US /ˈlɛɹ.ɪŋks/
US /ˈlæɹ.ɪŋks/

词形变化

larynges 复数 larynges larynxes larynxes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

    喉

    喉头

    嗓子

    医学 生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

voicebox

部分词 9

Adam's apple arytaenoid arytenoid arytenoid cartilage glottis laryngeal artery thyroid cartilage vocal cord vocal fold

整体词 1

upper respiratory tract

相关短语

mechanical larynx

词源

Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”).

来源：wiktionary