jugular
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咽喉的;頸部的
頸靜脈的
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–adjective
1. Anatomy.
a. of or pertaining to the throat or neck.
b. noting
or
pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, esp. one (external jugular vein) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one (internal jugular vein) collecting blood from within the skull.
2. (of a fish) having the pelvic (骨盆的) fins (鰭) at the throat, before the pectoral (胸鰭) fins.
–noun
3. Anatomy. a jugular vein.
—Idiom
4. go for the jugular, to attack a
vital and vulnerable
trait, feature, element, etc., in an attempt to overcome somebody or something
swiftly and totally:
The defense attorney went right [for] the [jugular] by attempting to
[destroy] the witness's credibility.
Temporally, whereas Bertolucci's events unfold in the days prior to the riots and protests,
Garrel goes for the [jugular],
with a plunge right [into the core] of the [fray].
Students of French film might notice similarities [between] this [loquacious], [cerebral]
three-hour work and the films of the late Jean Eustache, particularly his masterful 1973 film La Maman et la Putain (The Mother and the Whore). The parallels are not accidental;
Garrel was a protégé of Eustache and planned this work as an homage.
jocular
Tony
fray (fight, wear)
pubis
prostate
He prost[r]ated [himself] before [rank and wealth].
udder
larynx
Fray
Garrulous
vilify virility
ignominy
pontificate acolyte
Castigate
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