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gut1 /ɡʌt/ ●●○ noun  1  gut reaction/feeling/instinct informalINSTINCT a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it 本能的反应/本能的感觉/直觉 He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying. 他凭直觉感到萨拉在撒谎。2  COURAGE 勇气guts [plural] informalBRAVE the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant 〔做困难或不愉快的事情所需要的〕勇气，魄力，决心 It takes guts to start a new business on your own. 自己开公司是需要勇气的。have the guts (to do something) No one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making. 没有人敢告诉保罗他这是在犯什么样的错误。3  inside your body 体内 a) guts [plural]HBA all the organs in someone’s body, especially when they have come out of their body 内脏 There were blood and guts all over the place. 满地都是血和内脏器官。 b) HBA[countable] the tube through which food passes from your stomach 肠，肠道 SYN intestine It can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut. 食物通过肠道有时需要72个小时。4  stomach 肚子 [countable] informal someone’s stomach, especially when it is large 肚子〔尤指大肚子〕 SYN belly He felt as if someone had just kicked him in the gut. 他感觉好像有人踢了他肚子一脚。 Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer). 菲尔有个很大的啤酒肚。5. string 线 [uncountable]DT a type of strong string made from the intestine of an animal, and used for musical instruments such as violins 肠线〔用动物肠子制成的十分结实的线，用于制作小提琴等乐器的弦〕 → catgut6. MACHINE/EQUIPMENT 机器/设备guts [plural] informal the parts inside a machine or piece of equipment 〔机器或设备的〕内部零件7  MOST IMPORTANT PARTS 最重要的部分guts [plural] informal the most important or basic parts of something 实质，核心guts of the guts of the problem 问题的核心8. work/sweat your guts out  (also slog your guts out British English) informal to work very hard 拼命干，努力做9  at gut level INSTINCTif you know something at gut level, you feel sure about it, though you could not give a reason for it 凭直觉，本能地 She knew at gut level that he was guilty. 直觉告诉她，他有罪。10. I’ll have somebody’s guts for garters British English informalPUNISH used to say that you would like to punish someone severely for something they have done 我要抽某人的筋，我要扒某人的皮〔表示要严惩某人〕 → blood-and-guts, → bust a gut at bust1(3), → hate somebody’s guts at hate1(2), → spill your guts at spill1(4)

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gut• Hector said forcefully and directly to my father, making my guts jump.• He hit me right in the gut.• The sterilisation of the gut by the washout can even prevent the cleavage.• We can follow gastrulation in the early development of the sea-urchin and actually see the gut forming.• Like jellyfish, they have only one opening to their gut through which they both take in food and eject waste.• But for those with guts, some of the highest yields around can be found here -- and even an occasional windfall.beer gut• At only seventeen, Lonny already had the beginnings of a beer gut.• His beer gut was popping the buttons on his shirt.

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gut2 verb (gutted, gutting) [transitive]  1  BURNto completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire 毁坏〔建筑物〕的内部〔尤指烧毁〕 The building was gutted by fire. 大楼被火烧空了。n Grammar Gut is often passive in this meaning.2. DFCto remove the organs from inside a fish or animal in order to prepare it for cooking 取出…的内脏〔以备烹调〕3. REMOVEto change something by removing some of the most important or central parts 改变…的中心部分 → gutted→ See Verb table

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gut• Winding down I gave a firm strike only to find that I had missed the take, I was gutted.• Gut and clean all the fish before cooking.• Now they've been given a derelict school building, gutted by fire, for their new community association.• The hotel which had been gutted by fire last year, re-opened for business during August.• The Sunday night fire gutted St. Mary's church.• Democrats have gutted the anti-crime bill.• Passage came after two amendments to gut the bill were defeated.• When I came back from fishing yesterday you were beside me in the lean-to gutting the catch with me.Origin gut1 Old English guttas (plural)

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gut¹ /ɡʌt/ noun1. gut reaction/feeling/instinct informal a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it:
    He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying.
2.  COURAGE guts [plural] informal the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant:
    It takes guts to start a new business on your own.
    have the guts (to do something)
    No one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making.
3.  INSIDE YOUR BODY
  a. guts [plural] all the organs in someone’s body, especially when they have come out of their body:
    There were blood and guts all over the place.
  b. [countable] the tube through which food passes from your stomach
   SYN  intestine:
    It can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut.
4.  STOMACH  [countable] informal someone’s stomach, especially when it is large
   SYN  belly:
    He felt as if someone had just kicked him in the gut.
    Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer).
5.  STRING  [uncountable] a type of strong string made from the intestine of an animal, and used for musical instruments such as violins ⇨ catgut
6.  MACHINE/EQUIPMENT guts [plural] informal the parts inside a machine or piece of equipment
7.  MOST IMPORTANT PARTS guts [plural] informal the most important or basic parts of something
    guts of
    the guts of the problem
8. work/sweat your guts out (also slog your guts out British English) informal to work very hard
9. at gut level if you know something at gut level, you feel sure about it, though you could not give a reason for it:
    She knew at gut level that he was guilty.
10. I’ll have sb’s guts for garters British English informal used to say that you would like to punish someone severely for something they have done
⇨ blood-and-guts, ⇨ bust a gut at bust¹(3), ⇨ hate sb’s guts at hate¹(2), ⇨ spill your guts at spill¹(4)

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gut² verb (past tense and past participle gutted, present participle gutting) [transitive]
1. [usually passive] to completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire:
    The building was completely gutted by fire.
2. to remove the organs from inside a fish or animal in order to prepare it for cooking
3. to change something by removing some of the most important or central parts
⇨ gutted