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bowel

/bou-uhl, boul/US // ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl //UK // (ˈbaʊəl) //

肠道,肠子,肠,大肠

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. Usually bowels. the intestine.a part of the intestine.
    • : bowels, the inward or interior parts: the bowels of the earth.Archaic.feelings of pity or compassion.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bow·eled, bow·el·ing or bow·elled, bow·el·ling.

    • : to disembowel.

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Examples

  • I’d been cramped beneath claustrophobic sheets of canvas or assorted high-tech fabrics and snoring recycled air on the shoulders of some mountain or in the bowels of some canyon.

  • In the bowels of the stadium, near where the athletes lined up to enter the ceremonies for the scaled down parade of nations, hung a true catch-all sign that captured the essentials that the pandemic has prioritized.

  • With each minute that I advanced further into the bowels of Louisiana, the strange feeling grew within me that if we got lost no one would be able to find us.

  • His face hit the pavement, and he lost control of his bowels.

  • Medics hypothesized that the large intestine was a visceral leftover from the time when our ancestors had to run from predators and often didn’t have time to stop long enough to empty their bowels.

  • Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.

  • Take, for example, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects some 15 percent of Americans.

  • The tumor in his colon had spread to four of his lymph nodes and penetrated the bowel wall.

  • The thing is that autoimmune diseases—like diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis—are on the rise.

  • But new research shows it is indeed real, and may be the cause of asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and more.

  • Yellowish or brown, needle-like or rhombic crystals of hematoidin (Fig. 32) may be seen after hemorrhage into the bowel.

  • Glycerine and soapy water, equal parts, may be introduced into the bowel for temporary relief of a persistent constipation.

  • Hence it follows that the lower bowel should be emptied of this matter as frequently as possible, at least once a day.

  • This contains no food value, and does not ferment, but fills the lower bowel and stimulates it to activity.

  • Stomach and bowel troubles, and the nervous disorders occasioned by these, stop almost immediately when you fast.