单词 | gut |
释义 | gut (once / 595 pages) 1nv 2n 3n Your gut is part of your digestive system — it's where food goes after you eat it, to get broken down into nutrients and waste. The expression to "go with your gut" means to follow your instincts, how you feel in your belly. Your gut is quite literally your intestines, although the word is frequently used for any part of your digestive system, especially your stomach. Eating too much ice cream can give you an ache in your gut. When gut is a verb, it means to clean the internal organs out of a fish or other animal you intend to eat, or to completely empty a building. Colloquially, if you have guts, you're very brave. WORD FAMILYgut: gutless, guts, gutted, gutter, gutting+/gutless: gutlessly, gutlessness/guts: gutsy/gutsy: gutsier, gutsiest, gutsily, gutsiness/gutter: guttered, guttering, gutters USAGE EXAMPLESUse your judgment and gut to see if your emotions and behaviors are getting stronger. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) In the gut, the lymphocytes maintain a barrier against pathogens. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Despite reeling from a collective gut punch, women who were opposed to President-elect Donald Trump channeled their sadness and rage into activism and organization. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus Syn|Hypo|Hyper bowel, intestine small intestine the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed large intestinebeginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces duodenumthe part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum jejunumthe part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum ileumthe part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum colonthe part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted internal organ, viscus a main organ that is situated inside the body 2v empty completely; destroy the inside of Gut the building Hyper empty make void or empty of contents 3v remove the guts of 2gut the sheep Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract n a narrow channel or strait 3Hyper channel a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels n a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery Syn|Hyper catgut cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads |
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