gut
n
1 guts [pl] (infml 口)
(a) internal organs of the abdomen (腹腔的)內臟
a pain in the guts 肚子疼.
(b) (fig 比喻) essential (mechanical) parts of sth 某物的重要(機械)部分
remove the guts of a clock 除去鐘的機芯.
2 guts [pl] (fig infml 比喻, 口) courage and determination 勇氣與決心; 膽量; 魄力
a man with plenty of guts 很有魄力的人
have the guts to do sth 有膽量做某事.
3 [C]
(a) (anatomy 解) lower part of the alimentary canal; intestine 消化道的下段; 腸
dissecting a frog's gut 解剖蛙的腸.
(b) (infml 口) abdomen; stomach 肚子; 胃
his huge beer gut, ie made fat by drinking beer 他的大啤酒肚.
4 guts [sing or pl v]
(infml 口) person who eats a lot 飯量大的人
He's a real greedy guts. 他真是貪吃的大肚漢.
5 [U] thread made from the intestines of animals, used surgically for sewing wounds, and for violin and tennis-racket strings; catgut 腸線(用作外科的縫合線及小提琴和網球拍的弦).
6 (idm 習語) hate sb's guts => hate. slog/sweat one's `guts out (infml 口) work very hard, to the point of exhaustion 拚命干. gut, v (-tt-) [Tn]
1 take the guts out of (a fish, etc) 取出(魚等)的內臟.
2 destroy the inside or contents of (a building, room, etc) 毀壞(建筑物、 房間等)的內部或內部的東西
a warehouse gutted by fire 內部為火焚毀的倉庫. gut, adj [attrib 作定語]
instinctive rather than based on thought 本能的、 非理性的
a gut feeling/reaction 本能的感覺[反應].