bowel

noun

/ˈbaʊəl/

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[countable, usually plural] the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach, especially the end where waste is collected before it is passed out of the body
- (medical) to empty/move/open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body)
- bowel cancer/cancer of the bowel
- Patients are asked to report any change in bowel habit.
- irritable bowel syndrome
Topics Bodyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- large
- small
- irritable
- …
verb + bowel
- empty
- evacuate
- move
- …
bowel + noun
- action
- function
- habit
- …
preposition
- in the bowel
See full entry
the bowels of something
[plural] (literary) the part that is deepest inside something
- A rumble came from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground).

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bouel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus ‘sausage’.

单词	bowel
释义	bowel noun /ˈbaʊəl/ /ˈbaʊəl/ jump to other results [countable, usually plural] the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach, especially the end where waste is collected before it is passed out of the body (medical) to empty/move/open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body) bowel cancer/cancer of the bowel Patients are asked to report any change in bowel habit. irritable bowel syndrome Topics Bodyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective large small irritable … verb + bowel empty evacuate move … bowel + noun action function habit … preposition in the bowel See full entry the bowels of something [plural] (literary) the part that is deepest inside something A rumble came from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground). Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bouel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus ‘sausage’.
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