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单词 gut
释义 gut
I. \ˈgət, usu -əd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English guttas (plural); akin to Old English gyte action of pouring, Middle Dutch gote gutter, Old High German guz action of pouring, Old English gēotan to pour — more at found
1.
 a.
  (1) : bowels, entrails — usually used in plural
   < chicken guts rank high among good catfish baits — J.R.Harlan & E.B.Speaker >
   < felt their guts contract with fear — Barnaby Conrad >
  (2) : intestine
   < see whether an amebicide acts directly on the amoeba or on commensal organisms in the gutLancet >
  (3) : the alimentary canal or cavity or the portion from the stomach down — usually used in plural
   < would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting my empty guts until they ached — Richard Wright >
  (4) : stomach, belly — usually used in plural; not often in formal use
   < his huge gut hung far below his belt — L.M.Uris >
   < gave the man a poke in the guts >
   < my stupidity in keeping that hustler's gut filled with beer, T-bone steaks and whiskey — Frederic Wakeman >
 b. : cat gut 1
 c. : the inner usually essential parts — usually used in plural
  < working somewhere in the guts of the machinery >
  < tear the word from the guts of the dictionary — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
  < land which has had its guts mined out of it — A.J.Bruwer >
  < have you ever seen the guts of a poem laid bare — F.J.Jennings >
 d. : a basic concept or consideration : essence — usually used in plural
  < gets down to the very guts of the matter >
  < getting … into the real guts of the subject — H.J.Laski >
2.
 a. : a narrow sea passage (as a strait) : a small creek or narrow waterway (as in a marsh or on a tidal flat)
  < inlets and guts scoured by the rushing tides — R.W.Miner >
 b. : gully, ravine, valley
  < the deep gut of the hills — Ian Hamilton >
3. : the sac of fluid silk that is taken from a silkworm ready to spin its cocoon from which a coarse strong thread suitable for forming the leader of a fishline is produced
4. guts plural : strength or force of character : moral stamina : courage, fortitude : determined persistence
 < he alone … has the guts to grapple with the enemy on every political front — New Republic >
 < was a tower of strength, holding everything together by sheer unrelenting guts — Nicholas Monsarrat >
Synonyms: see fortitude

- hate one's guts
II. transitive verb
(gutted ; gutted ; gutting ; guts)
Etymology: Middle English gutten, from gut, n.
1.
 a. : to take out the bowels of : eviscerate
  < his body opened and gutted, and the entrails burnt in the fire — J.H.Wheelwright >
  < found a dead rabbit, gutted it — Time >
 b. : to plunder of contents : remove the contents of
  < a mob gutted the house >
 c. : to extract all the essential portions or passages from (as a book)
2.
 a. : to destroy totally the inside of
  < fire gutted the building >
 b. : to burn out
  < a warehouse whose roof had been burned away and whose floors had been guttedTime >
 c. : to destroy in essence
  < the isolationist effort to gut foreign aid — Atlantic >
  < inflation has already gutted the economy of country after country — U.S.Code >
3. : to cause (as by wear) to develop ruts and holes
 < a gutted road >
III. \ˈgüt, ˈgət\
dialect
variant of gout
IV. transitive verb

- gut it out
V. adjective
Etymology: gut (I)
1. : arising from one's inmost self : visceral
 < a gut reaction to the misery he has seen — J.A.Lukas >
2. : having strong impact or immediate relevance
 < gut issues >
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