dangly thingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

dangly thing (複数形 dangly things)

1. (informal, anatomy) The uvula.
   • 2001: Robin Lim, After the Baby's Birth

     He showed me the inside of her throat ... It looked like an open archway instead of an archway with a long dangly thing (which I now know is called an uvula) hanging down the middle.

   • 2004: Princeton Review, Neill Seltzer, The 500 Best Ways for Teens to Spend the Summer

     If it happens to be the Simpons, or the dangly thing in the back of your throat, or why Jackie Chan is so much cooler than Jet Li, so be it.

   • 2005: Bonnie K. Nygard, Tammy L. Green, Susan C. Koonce, Wow! Cody Investigates The World Of Wellness: Green Level

     Michelle's mouth was open wide. I could see the dangly thing hanging in the back.