The gullet is the tube that carries food from the back of your mouth down to your stomach. When you swallow, muscles in that tube push the food along; it does not just fall.

The gulletgullet is指的是 the tube that carries food from the back of your mouth down to your stomach把食物從口腔後方送到胃裡的那條管子。 When you swallow當你吞嚥的時候, muscles in that tube push the food along那條管子裡的肌肉會把食物往下推; it does not just fall它不是單純掉下去的。

Doctors often say oesophagus (in American spelling, esophagus). Gullet is the older, plainer word — a bit homely, still used in everyday British talk and sometimes in medical talk.

Doctors醫生 often say oesophagus常說oesophagus（食道） (in American spelling, esophagus美式拼法是esophagus)。 Gulletgullet is the older, plainer word是比較舊、比較樸素的字 — a bit homely有點土氣家常, still used in everyday British talk在英式英文的日常對話裡還是會用到 and sometimes in medical talk有時候醫學上也會用。

People also stretch it to mean the throat in general, though actually the throat has more than one tube: the gullet is the food road, not the air road (that is the windpipe).

People人們 also stretch it to mean the throat in general也會把它擴大來指整個喉嚨, though actually the throat has more than one tube不過實際上喉嚨不只一條管子: the gullet is the food roadgullet是食物走的那條路, not the air road不是空氣走的那條 (that is the windpipe空氣走的是windpipe（氣管）)。

If something “sticks in your gullet,” it is hard to accept, like food that will not go down.

If something "sticks in your gullet,"如果有東西「sticks in your gullet」（卡在你的gullet裡） it is hard to accept代表很難接受, like food that will not go down就像食物吞不下去一樣。