| 单词 | catgut |
| 释义 | catgut (once / 24883 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY catgut: catguts USAGE EXAMPLESMusic relied conspicuously on the slaughter of animals: horsehair bows drawn over catgut, horns torn from the heads of big game. The New Yorker(Jun 27, 2016) He acquired catgut for the strings and eventually traded cigarettes from Red Cross provisions to a guard for a bow. Washington Post(May 28, 2015) I eased it off to find two rows of catgut stitches. Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees(2002) 1 n a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery 2Syn|Hyper gut cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads n perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone Syn|Hyper Tephrosia virginiana, goat's rue, wild sweet pea hoary pea a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods |
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