bowel

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bow·el /ˈbaʊəl/ noun

1 bowels [plural]HBH the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body 肠 → intestine

move/empty/open your bowels (=get rid of solid waste from your body) 排大便

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move/empty/open your bowels• You did not move your bowels at 7: 30 as I instructed.• Several days had gone by and I had not moved my bowels.

2 [singular]HBH one part of this system of tubes 肠道

cancer of the bowel

肠癌

3. a bowel movement formalHBH the act of getting rid of solid waste from your body 大解，排便

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a bowel movement• Some patients may have recorded an episode of faecal incontinence as a bowel movement, before the beginning of retraining.• How often an individual has a bowel movement is related to a number of factors.• Q: I have a bowel movement once a week.• Although it isn't necessary for a person to have a bowel movement every day, regular movements should be encouraged.

4 the bowels of something literaryALBOTTOM the lowest or deepest part of something 某物的最深处

the bowels of the earth (=deep under the ground) 地下深处

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the bowels of the earth• The bell boomed as though it came from the bowels of the earth.• The Iron Rock is a core of molten iron vomited from the bowels of the earth during some incalculably ancient upheaval.• Cower in the bowels of the earth from it, and pull the bedclothes over your head.• But the third, deep in the bowels of the earth, was kept mysteriously locked at all times.• Tony was well briefed before we descended to the bowels of the earth.

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bowel• Disease activity must therefore be derived from the degree of abnormal bowel uptake on abdominal scans.• Furthermore, respiratory and bowel motion cause movement artefacts that frequently degrade the image.• Rises in whole body turnover rates have also been seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.• Platelet activating factor causes gastrointestinal mucosal injury and ischemic bowel necrosis.• Five or six bowel movements a day were not uncommon.• Persistent infection with adenovirus 12 has not been detected in the small bowel of patients with coeliac disease.• He feels his way through the bowels of the city, conscious of the weight of civilisation above him.• Patients often misinterpret their bowel action as well.

Origin bowel

(1200-1300) Old French boel, from Medieval Latin botellus, from Latin botulus; → BOTULISM

bow·el noun

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

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