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gut

/guht/US // gʌt //UK // (ɡʌt) //

内脏,肠道,肠胃,肠子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
    • : guts, bowels or entrails.Informal.courage and fortitude; nerve; determination; stamina: Climbing that cliff takes a lot of guts.the inner working parts of a machine or device: The mechanic had the guts of the refrigerator laid out on the kitchen floor.
    • : the belly; stomach; abdomen.
    • : the substance forming the case of the intestine; intestinal tissue or fiber: sheep's gut.
    • : a preparation of the intestines of an animal, used for various purposes, as for violin strings, tennis rackets, or fishing lines.
    • : the silken substance taken from a silkworm killed when about to spin its cocoon, used in making snells for fishhooks.
    • : a narrow passage, as a channel of water or a defile between hills.
    • : Slang.Also gut course . snap course.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    gut·ted, gut·ting.

    • : to take out the guts or entrails of; disembowel.
    • : to destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the building.
    • : to plunder of contents: Invaders gutted the village.
    • : to remove the vital or essential parts from: The prisoner's letters were gutted by heavy censorship.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Informal. basic or essential: to discuss the gut issues.based on instincts or emotions: a gut reaction; gut decisions.

Phrases

  • gut it out
  • bust a gut
  • hate someone's guts
  • have the guts

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Examples

  • I needed a gut check on my own grim musings, so I called Pedro Noguera, dean of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

  • Even humans contain at least as many bacterial cells as “self” cells, the microbes in our gut inextricably linked with our development, physiology and survival.

  • As the heart, lungs, gut and other organs transmit information to the brain, they affect how we perceive and interact with our environment in surprisingly profound ways.

  • The gut diversity of people in the United States is almost half that of the most isolated Amerindians living in South America, she says.

  • It takes guts to attempt running across the surface of a pool of liquid goop, even if it is oobleck.

  • Since coffee can irritate the gut, she suggests opting for herbal tea instead.

  • Koenig has not been a sterile, objective narrator; she has openly voiced her biases, concerns, and gut feelings all along.

  • Other methane is exhaled by microscopic organisms directly, as in the human gut.

  • Now the gut was fueled not by Romanée-Conti and Château d'Yquem but by brandy--and a hell of a lot of it.

  • And while all he says he has spoken to still believe the interrogations saved lives, he said the report was a punch in the gut.

  • As we turned the crest of the hill and began the descent into the wooded gut, my companion looked back and waved his hand.

  • Never strike a fish hard with the fly, either on gut or hair, if the latter, a breakage is almost sure to follow a violent jerk.

  • What are termed water knots are the best for tying your gut or hair together, the tighter they are drawn the faster they become.

  • Take a length of fine round silk worm gut, half a yard of silk well waxed, (wax if possible of the same colour,) take a No.

  • It was with a shriek of agony that he had leaped across the gut, and he had reached home thereafter in a fever-fit of fear.