bowel

英 [ˈbaʊəl]

美 [ˈbaʊəl]

n.  肠; 内部最深处

复数：bowels　

考研IELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.4431 / COCA.9380

牛津词典

noun

• 肠
  the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach, especially the end where waste is collected before it is passed out of the body
  1. to empty/move/open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body)
     解大便
  2. bowel cancer/cancer of the bowel
     肠癌
• 内部最深处
  the part that is deepest inside sth
  1. A rumble came from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground) .
     从地下深处传来隆隆的响声。

柯林斯词典

• 肠
  Yourbowelsare the tubes in your body through which digested food passes from your stomach to your anus.
• 大便
  You can refer in a polite way to someone getting rid of the waste from their body by saying that they move, open, or empty theirbowels.
• N-PLURAL 内部；深处
  You can refer to the parts deep inside something such as the earth, a building, or a machine asthe bowels ofthat thing.
  1. ...deep in the bowels of the earth...
     在地心深处
  2. Lyn went off into the dark bowels of the building.
     林恩进入了这座漆黑的建筑物的内部。

英英释义

noun

• the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
  Synonym:intestinegut

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