also oesophagus, late 14c., from Greek oisophagos "gullet, passage for food," literally "what carries and eats," from oisein, future infinitive of pherein "to carry" (see infer) + -phagos, from phagein "to eat" (see -phagous). Related: Esophageal.
实用例句
1. There the incidence of the cancer of the esophagus was suspected to be pretty high.
估计那里的食道癌发病率相当高。
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2. Horse 's narrow esophagus results in repeated choke.
马的食道狭窄，常常引起食道阻塞。
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3. Peristalsis in the body of the esophagus is under vagal control.
食管本体的蠕动受迷走神经支配.
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4. Cancer of the esophagus is relatively rare in the Western world.
食道癌在西方世界是比较少的.
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5. Horse's narrow esophagus stenosis results in repeated choke.
