catgut

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc. countable
    — The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity. He searches out these butterfly shades to the last grain. He is as tough as catgut & as evanescent as a butterfly's bloom.
  2. The material from which such cords are made. uncountable
  3. A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices. uncountable
  4. Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue, devil's shoestring). uncountable

词形变化

catguts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
catgut scraper sea-catgut

词源

Possibly an abbreviation of the word cattlegut. Alternatively, it may derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.
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