deep-throatedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

deep-throated (comparative more deep-throated, superlative most deep-throated)

1. (of a sound) Coming from deep in the throat.
2. (of a sound, by extension) Loud and low.
   • 1954 July, C. R. L. Coles, “Memories of the Great Central”, in Railway Magazine, page 464:

     Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.

3. (of an object) Having a long, narrow, tapered end.
   • 1922, The World Book, volume 5, page 2871:

     This beautiful creature seems indeed to be a “winged jewel” as it hangs poised in midair before a deep-throated flower, and the next instant flashes out of sight