The windpipe is the tube that carries air from your throat down into your lungs. Put your fingers on the front of your neck and press gently — that firm ridged tube is it.

The windpipe is the tubewindpipe是那條管子， that carries air from your throat down into your lungs把空氣從喉嚨往下送到肺部。 Put your fingers on the front of your neck and press gently把手指放在脖子前面輕輕壓一下—— that firm ridged tube is it那條摸起來硬硬、有稜有角的管子就是它。

Doctors call it the trachea; everyone else says windpipe. That is the useful thing about this word: it is the plain, everyday name for a body part that also has a hard Latin name, so you can use it with anybody and be understood.

Doctors call it the trachea醫生叫它trachea（氣管）； everyone else says windpipe其他人都叫它windpipe。 That is the useful thing about this word這個字好用的地方就在這裡： it is the plain, everyday name for a body part that also has a hard Latin name它是一個身體部位平白的日常用名，那個部位還有一個難唸的拉丁學名， so you can use it with anybody and be understood所以你用它跟任何人講都聽得懂。

It turns up most often when something goes wrong — food going down the wrong way, a blow to the throat, choking: 'the food went into his windpipe', 'she grabbed him by the windpipe'. Because the throat carries two tubes side by side (one for air, one for food), the word is often used to explain that pair.

It turns up most often when something goes wrong它最常出現在出狀況的時候—— food going down the wrong way, a blow to the throat, choking食物嗆到、喉嚨被打、噎住： 'the food went into his windpipe'「the food went into his windpipe（食物跑進他的氣管）」、 'she grabbed him by the windpipe'「she grabbed him by the windpipe（她掐住他的氣管）」。 Because the throat carries two tubes side by side因為喉嚨裡並排著兩條管子 (one for air, one for food)（一條給空氣、一條給食物）， the word is often used to explain that pair這個字常常被用來解釋這一對管子。

In older or rougher speech people say things like 'I'll rip your windpipe out', which tells you it also carries a slightly violent, physical flavour in fiction. Note that it is a body word, not a machine word — a pipe carrying wind in a building is a duct or a vent, never a windpipe.

In older or rougher speech people say things like 'I'll rip your windpipe out'在比較老派或粗魯的講法裡，人們會說「I'll rip your windpipe out（我要扯爛你的氣管）」之類的話， which tells you it also carries a slightly violent, physical flavour in fiction這告訴你它在小說裡也帶著一點暴力、肉體對抗的味道。 Note that it is a body word, not a machine word要注意這是個身體用詞，不是機械用詞—— a pipe carrying wind in a building is a duct or a vent建築物裡輸送氣流的管子叫duct或vent， never a windpipe絕不會叫windpipe。