bowel

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 bou'əl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
  2. The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. in-plural
    — And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.
  3. The (deep) interior of something. figuratively,in-plural
    — The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.
  4. The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy. archaic,in-plural
    — Thou thing of no bowels, thou!
  5. offspring in-plural,obsolete
    — Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire,
动词 v.
  1. To disembowel. archaic
    — Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...].

词形变化

bowels plural bowels present,singular,third-person boweling US,participle,present bowelling UK,participle,present boweled US,participle,past boweled US,past bowelled UK,participle,past bowelled UK,past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.
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