Definition of stomach in English:

stomach

noun ˈstʌməkˈstəmək

1The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine.
胃
as modifier severe stomach pains
Example sentencesExamples
- Food in the stomach does not appear to alter the kinetics or behavioral effects of the medication.
- A very full stomach is uncomfortable - food stays in the stomach for two to three hours, then continues to have an effect further down the gut.
- Some low GI foods are high in fat, as fat slows the emptying of food from the stomach.
- Have some solid food in your stomach before drinking.
- For most other common solid tumours such as those of lung, oesophagus, stomach, or pancreas, only limited survival gains have been achieved.
- The idea was that fibre fills the stomach and reduces the desire to overeat.
- The Chinese believe that the rice will settle the stomach after eating.
- It may react with chemicals in food or in the stomach to form tiny amounts of cancer-causing nitrosamines.
- If the muscular valve above the stomach leaks, food mixed with acid washes back, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
- This is usually due to the accumulation of food in the stomach and intestines.
- The biotech company intends to turn the substances into therapeutic food products to treat stomach disorders.
- It takes a certain time to digest, so it increases the time that food remains in the stomach, giving a feeling of comfortable satiety.
- Smooth cells make up the stomach, intestine, blood vessels and other organs.
- Digestion begins in the mouth, well before food reaches the stomach.
- Gastroplasty alone can cause vomiting when even tiny amounts of food stretch the stapled stomach.
- She added that high-fiber food can extend the presence of food in the stomach so the sensation of being full will remain for longer.
- These help prevent return of food from the stomach to the mouth.
- The movement of gastric juices into the food pipe from the stomach is called reflux.
- Smoking is the most important cause, though a fondness for salt is another disturbing trend that irritates the stomach.
- Researchers believe that water in food empties from the stomach more slowly than water you drink, making you feel full longer.
Synonyms
abdomen, belly, gut, middle
informal tummy, tum, breadbasket, insides
Australian informal bingy
1. 1.1 Each of four stomachs in a ruminant (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum).
  （反刍动物的）四胃之一
  Example sentencesExamples
  Like they hadn't noticed that even a calf, which has four stomachs, stops drinking milk after about eight weeks.
  They hardly chew their food when first eaten, but swallow it into a special stomach where the food is partially digested.
  Because cows are ruminants and ruminants have several stomachs.
  The most familiar sources of methane are bacteria that live in bogs, lakes and the stomachs of ruminants like cows.
  Detection of ergot alkaloids in stomach or rumen content is evidence of exposure.
  The stomach of an adult moose can hold 112 pounds of food.
  He dumped 33 cattle stomachs on the side of the road, earning him a court appearance and press coverage.
  The cow needs a balance of physical ingredients in her rumen to get her to ruminate, to slow down the flow of food through the stomach and develop rumen wall muscle tone.
  Animals which do this include cows, sheep and goats, and they all have four stomachs.
  When calves are fed milk it is funnelled through the oesophageal groove to the true stomach by-passing the rumen.
  He was interested in improving digestive processes within the rumen, the first of the four stomachs of ruminant animals, where cellulose is broken down by bacteria.
  Newbold's group at the Institute of Rural Sciences in Wales has worked to produce organic acids to prevent methane buildup in cow stomachs.
  To a small extent, this can also happen in the stomachs of ruminant animals, such as cows and sheep, but without the same detrimental effect as the man-made variety.
  Both syphilis and Lyme disease are caused by these bacteria, and other species are important symbionts in the stomachs of cows and other ruminants.
  The abomasum, known as the true stomach, normally lies on the floor of the abdomen, but can become filled with gas and rise to the top of the abdomen and become displaced.
  More advanced artiodactyls, the ruminants, have evolved complex stomachs with three or four chambers.
2. 1.2 Any of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals.
  （低级动物的）类胃器官
  Example sentencesExamples
  Belemnite hooks are commonly found in the fossilized stomachs of marine reptiles that preyed upon them, such as ichthyosaurs.
  The researchers also found the same beetles in the stomachs of the Pitohui and Ifrita bird species.
  Their stomachs are the most acidic recorded for any vertebrate, allowing them to digest even the bones and shells of prey animals.
  The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies - as many as 2,000 at a time.
  Material remaining in the stomach can include food, mucus, or hair.
  When they are brought up from the depths, gases in their bladders expand, popping the fish's stomachs and making their eyes bug out.
  In both the case of the adult and the chick the stomach cannot be filled more than a certain amount.
  But when some of the eels were caught, their stomachs turned out to be full of shrimp.
  These animals do not ruminate (chew their cud), and their stomachs may be simple and one-chambered or have up to three chambers.
  Small perch caught near the upstream edge of the salinity wedge in Richibucto Estuary had more copepods in their stomachs than larger perch caught further downriver.
  We found this out when their stomachs proved to contain nothing but fish tails.
  The prey, often of almost equal size to the anglerfish, fit neatly into the anglerfish's expandable stomachs, Drazen said.
  One red algal species and two green algae occuffed in stomachs at all three sites: Polysiphonia sp., Ulva sp., and Enteromorpha sp.
  Eggs and tadpoles of Rheobatrachus develop in the stomach of the mother.
  In these studies, stomachs from 4th instar A. aegypti larvae were examined using both transmission and scanning electron microscopy.
  Their stomachs are unusual, long and folded and with a unique gastric gland.
  Wombats are strictly herbivorous grazers; they have a simple stomach and a short, broad cecum.
  Over the years whalers have reported finding a high number of large squid beaks in the mammals' stomachs, pegging sperm whales as primary predators of large squid.
  Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach.
  Sea stars feed by extruding their cardiac stomach over their prey, thus predation begins at the pinacocytic layer.
3. 1.3 The front part of the body between the chest and thighs; the belly.
  肚子，腹部
  Blake hit him in the stomach
  布莱克击中了他的肚子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had obviously been working hard lately, as I looked at his flat, toned stomach.
  I smiled at him for a second before dropping him with a hard front kick in his stomach.
  I stood with my hands clasped in front of my stomach nervously.
  Francesca stood at a distance from him, her hands tightly clasped in front of her stomach, feeling somewhat awkward.
  He stood in front of me, looking down at his stomach and chest.
  Furtive glances dissect her at thighs, hips, stomach, chest and face.
  They arrived to find Stephen dead on the ground with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and chest.
  I've got a slim body but my stomach and waist are still chubby.
  With his fists, he punched his opponent continuously in the stomach and chest, not giving him the chance to regain his breath.
  Shallow, I know, but I had two small children then and was in mourning for my lost stomach and thighs.
  A woman who stabbed a former boyfriend three times in the stomach while high on drink and drugs has narrowly escaped a jail sentence.
  They then folded their hands together in front of their stomachs and stood there like statues.
  They then chased the 25-year-old victim through the house before stabbing him in the stomach and thigh.
  We found an adult male trapped with mud up to his waist area with this log right here that was across his stomach and chest area.
  Her drawn up thighs pushed hard against her stomach and chest.
  If stomach discomfort occurs after eating cold food, place something warm on the stomach such as hot towels.
  My favourite part of a guy's body is his stomach and then his chest.
  Instead he wrapped his arm around the front of my stomach and pulled me closer.
  When first learning to breathe properly, students should put their hands together in front of their stomach.
  Electrodes are placed on the stomach, bottom and thighs and two electrical currents switched on.
  Synonyms
  paunch, pot belly, beer belly, girth
  informal beer gut, pot, tummy, spare tyre, middle-aged spread
  Scottish informal kyte
  North American informal bay window
  dated, humorous corporation
4. 1.4in singular The stomach viewed as the seat of hunger, nausea, anxiety, or other unsettling feelings.
  肚子，胃
  Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach
  弗吉尼亚胃里有点想吐。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her stomach tightened when she reached over to brush some hair from the other girl's face and saw that those blue eyes were clouded over.
  My stomach tightened and I grabbed tightly onto the wooden armrest.
  After all, everyone needs food, and sooner or later, the stomach will rule.
  A lump grew in the pit of Wil's stomach and his mind churned in anger.
  Her stomach tightened at his pronouncement but she got to her feet and approached the Captain.
  Amanda's stomach tightened as she wished her friend good luck and bid her good night.
  My stomach tightened again, but this time, a different type of fear struck me.
  His stomach tightens in a knot as he stumbles down the hall towards his bedroom.
  He stood staring into the night, hand on his sword hilt, stomach knotted and mind racing.
  Her stomach tightened and she felt extremely uncomfortable about the way he said ‘fun’.
  His stomach tightened in anticipation, knowing he was finally going to talk to the girl.
  My stomach tightened as I saw the corners of her mouth lift into a smile.
  Her stomach tightened at the thought of those revolting weapons.
  The urgency in his tone caused her stomach to tighten and she looked up at him from beneath her lashes.
  I paced restlessly around my small cell, stomach twisting with anxiety, and hunger.
  His stomach tightened, thinking about that photograph he had unfortunately seen.
  Her stomach tightened as she realized that she had finally arrived at a decision.
  The wheels seemed to be turning in his mind and Sally's stomach lurched with every passing second he kept silent.
  My stomach tightened, and I thought of leaving him outside, but he'd already seen me peering at him through the window.
  Her stomach tightened but she tried to keep a smile on her face.
2in singular, usually with negative An appetite for food or drink.
食欲，胃口
she doesn't have the stomach to eat anything
她没有胃口，什么也不想吃。
Example sentencesExamples
- His years at the Genki estate hadn't quite given him enough stomach for fancy foods.
- Vera and Charlie were served dinner on board the jet, but Charlie didn't have the stomach to eat.
- I hadn't had the stomach to finish my food after all I had learned that evening.
- I just didn't have the stomach to eat it.
- He was now alone, the smell of fried eggs and bacon still strong in the room, but he had not the stomach to eat.
Synonyms
appetite, taste, hunger
1. 2.1 A desire or inclination for something involving conflict or difficulty.
  （对有冲突、困难或不快之事的）欲望；倾向
  the teams proved to have no stomach for a fight
  结果证明，那些队并不想交战。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Others have no stomach for killing, and practise taxidermy merely as an art.
  Within the political establishment, there is no stomach for either course.
  There are musicians with strong voices who are articulate and intelligent and who I know in private have no stomach for war who have not come forward.
  He had no stomach for war, and was not a war leader.
  But behind the scenes there is no stomach for a fight.
  If you have no stomach for plainsong and church polyphony, steer clear of this recording.
  Yet the Western powers had no stomach for imposing an oil embargo, the one non-military step that promised eventual results.
  The world did not seem the same place anymore, and he still had no stomach for magic.
  To me it smacks of a man who, to be brutally honest, has no stomach for a fight.
  There is no stomach for top-up fees in my institution, and I do not detect any among my colleagues.
  He told of participating in strikes that he and his co-workers had no stomach for.
  If that sounds entertaining - even for those of us with no stomach for heavy metal - it should.
  If he continually bemoaned such circumstances he would find himself out of tune with his own support, who have no stomach for even genuine excuses.
  The swoop on Smith was in the first place a signal that they had not quietly dropped an investigation which many believed they had no stomach for.
  DARPA had no stomach for another privacy controversy and killed the project.
  Our upcoming generations will have no stomach for sacrifice, discipline, or enduring burdens.
  The AFL-CIO is quietly packing up its local support operation, sensing that SAG has no stomach for a real fight.
  Those with no stomach for equities might want to consider bonds, especially Mexican corporates.
  They have no stomach for a fight, because they have no ability to win one.
  We won't go through with it because we have no stomach for the series of secondary decisions we're going to have to make after we've made the big one.
  Synonyms
  appetite, taste, hunger

verb ˈstʌməkˈstəmək

[with object]usually cannot stomach

1Consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick.
能吃（或喝）；消化
if you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice
如果你不能喝橙汁，试一试苹果汁。
Example sentencesExamples
- Just days after her birth, Stacey was diagnosed with the disease when doctors found a tube in her intestine was blocked and she could not stomach any food.
- I can barely stomach any food, which is good I guess because I'm fat anyway.
- Vitamin D and fish oil supplements (for those who cannot stomach fish) may also be helpful.
- Have you ever wondered how lizards can stomach worms, crickets and locusts?
- She'd eaten as much breakfast as she could stomach, and kept her mind on other things so she wouldn't throw it back up.
- Here you go, pal, all the bourbon you can stomach, brought to you by one of my beautiful, tunic-clad daughters.
- All my meals were on the set, when I could actually stomach food.
- Then we knocked back as many drinks as we could stomach, which brought us to my current state.
- While he could actually stomach the food, I couldn't and choose a banana and water.
Synonyms
digest, keep down, find palatable, manage to eat/consume, swallow
1. 1.1 Endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person)
  忍受，忍耐（讨厌的东西或人）
  I can't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers
  我无法忍受某些经理自以为是的态度。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Howard's government ‘cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings’.
  It simply cannot stomach the sense of some form of autonomy.
  She recently quit as an assistant manager at a trading company because she could no longer stomach the attitude of her male colleagues.
  They cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings.
  From soundings I've taken inside the Labour Party, people cannot stomach a war and some are going to leave the party.
  A quiet man, he stomached the suffering and gave thanks we all survived.
  This was the man who left the FNM because he didn't feel that he could stomach the corruption, and yet this was the party that he wanted to lead a couple of years ago.
  For any diver who can stomach the risks, Bushman's Hole is world-class.
  For those of you who can still stomach watching baseball after all that's happened, there is some compelling drama to be played out in the coming weeks.
  Ideologies that affirm a set of basic truths, such as feminism and classical or neo-Marxism, cannot stomach postmodernism.
  If you cannot stomach a breach of decorum when justified outrage erupts then your support is nearly worthless anyway.
  Investors of any age who cannot stomach market volatility also tend to have a higher-cash portion of their portfolios.
  If so, it might be worth stomaching your losses and switching out of your tech fund to something less risky.
  I suspect many, like me and my family, went because we cannot stomach the idea that we are being bounced into war for the sake of political expediency.
  Even for those who do not understand rural life and still cannot stomach the realities of gamekeeping, it is hard to contest that a problem exists with raptor numbers.
  Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
  It's about a recovering paedophile and I don't think people could stomach it - especially as it doesn't set out to explain, only portray.
  What if you want a Boxer, but cannot stomach the thought of housebreaking, chewed up shoes and boundless puppy energy?
  Could she stomach the knowledge of what he'd endured since he was taken from his boarding school dormitory?
  Boys had to endure this to prove they could stomach the hardships of hunting.
  Synonyms
  tolerate, put up with, take, stand, endure, accept, swallow, bear, support, brook, submit to, countenance
  Scottish thole
  informal stick, hack, abide
  British informal wear, be doing with
  archaic suffer

Phrases

an army marches on its stomach

A group of soldiers or workers can only fight or function effectively if they have been well fed.
给养充足的士兵（或工人）才能很好地战斗（或工作）
Example sentencesExamples
- As Napoleon once said, an army marches on its stomach - hence the importance of getting tucker to the troops.
- Napoleon recognised that an army marches on its stomach but, today, a more pertinent question for all farmers and tax payers is: ‘Should British soldiers be stuffing themselves with foreign meat in their rations?’
- Emperor Napoleon had said an army marches on its stomach.
- If an army marches on its stomach, software product development at every large corporation marches on the Zee cabinet.
- ‘Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach, and I fed these guys,’ says the Fannie Mae leader who spearheaded the move last summer.

on a full (or an empty) stomach

After having eaten (or having not eaten)
饱（或空）着肚子
I always think better on a full stomach
我吃饱了才能更好地思考。
Example sentencesExamples
- These days I take five pills a day, but at one point I was on about 20-some of which could only be taken with fatty food and others on an empty stomach.
- I picked up my silverware, knowing full well that every great expeditioning dilemma is best contemplated on a full stomach.
- But I hadn't eaten, and I know better to drink three cosmos on an empty stomach.
- Everyone knows you can't read a book on an empty stomach.
- A couple ended up being three, which wasn't that much, but on an empty stomach and in addition to a lack of sleep, I was a little gone.
- The dose must be administered in the morning on an empty stomach with a full glass of water.
- It's hard to march against hunger on an empty stomach.
- I have to take it on an empty stomach to make it work properly.
- On the subject of when is the best time to exercise, Chris feels that for cardio work, the best time is in the morning on an empty stomach, if your intention is to burn body fat.
- The water should be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach.

a strong stomach

An ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or squeamish.
（看或做讨厌的事时）坚强的性格
be warned, you'll need a strong stomach
Example sentencesExamples
- Brian appears to have a strong stomach, a good sense of humor, and other attributes that serve him well in observing the moonbats on parade.
- Perhaps they are, but one would need to have quite a strong stomach to sleep with two men at the same time with the prospect of getting pregnant by either.
- You can read the rest if you have a strong stomach.
- Incidentally, if you have a strong stomach, this New Yorker article provides more details about the offenses and the investigation.
- You'll need a strong stomach to read about her experience of childbirth on page 6, but it's powerful stuff and if the magazine's honorary girl can handle it, so can you.
- I saw the footage on LBC, and it took a strong stomach to watch the wounded carried away.
- Her room was painted dingy brown that could make even a strong stomach sick.
- But for the benefit of those of us lacking such a strong stomach, the recipes in her book, Ant Egg Soup, make use of more familiar foods such as aubergine, dill and mint, also grown in abundance in Laos.
- The book is harsh, not self-pitying, but it definitely requires a strong stomach.
- It takes a strong stomach to press forward through the half page dedicated to the description of a skuzzy university toilet.

Derivatives

stomachful

nounPlural stomachfuls ˈstʌməkfʊlˈstəməkˌfʊl

Using echolocation, its sophisticated sonar system, each bat may catch and eat several stomachfuls of insects in a single night.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ants are attracted to the sweet gel and can take a stomachful of poison back to their mound.
- Sixty bee stomachfuls of honey are needed to fill one thimble full of honey.
- We've already mentioned penniless banana growers and people who don't want a stomachful of growth hormones.
- Because they consume so much more plant matter per stomachful of food on the dry diet of summer and fall than they do on the wet spring diet, the tortoises can store more energy than they burn.

stomachless

adjective

Origin

Middle English: from Old French estomac, stomaque, via Latin from Greek stomakhos 'gullet', from stoma 'mouth'. The early sense of the verb was 'be offended at, resent' (early 16th century).

The ultimate source of our word stomach is Greek stomakhos ‘gullet’, from stoma ‘mouth’, source of the anatomical term (late 17th century). A common saying is the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The earliest expression of these sentiments is by John Adams, the second American president, in a letter he wrote in 1814: ‘The shortest road to men's hearts is down their throats’. See also nation

Rhymes

hummock, slummock

Definition of stomach in US English:

stomach

nounˈstəməkˈstəmək

1The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine.
胃
Example sentencesExamples
- The biotech company intends to turn the substances into therapeutic food products to treat stomach disorders.
- Gastroplasty alone can cause vomiting when even tiny amounts of food stretch the stapled stomach.
- Digestion begins in the mouth, well before food reaches the stomach.
- She added that high-fiber food can extend the presence of food in the stomach so the sensation of being full will remain for longer.
- Some low GI foods are high in fat, as fat slows the emptying of food from the stomach.
- Food in the stomach does not appear to alter the kinetics or behavioral effects of the medication.
- For most other common solid tumours such as those of lung, oesophagus, stomach, or pancreas, only limited survival gains have been achieved.
- This is usually due to the accumulation of food in the stomach and intestines.
- The Chinese believe that the rice will settle the stomach after eating.
- If the muscular valve above the stomach leaks, food mixed with acid washes back, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
- It may react with chemicals in food or in the stomach to form tiny amounts of cancer-causing nitrosamines.
- Have some solid food in your stomach before drinking.
- These help prevent return of food from the stomach to the mouth.
- It takes a certain time to digest, so it increases the time that food remains in the stomach, giving a feeling of comfortable satiety.
- The movement of gastric juices into the food pipe from the stomach is called reflux.
- A very full stomach is uncomfortable - food stays in the stomach for two to three hours, then continues to have an effect further down the gut.
- Researchers believe that water in food empties from the stomach more slowly than water you drink, making you feel full longer.
- Smooth cells make up the stomach, intestine, blood vessels and other organs.
- Smoking is the most important cause, though a fondness for salt is another disturbing trend that irritates the stomach.
- The idea was that fibre fills the stomach and reduces the desire to overeat.
Synonyms
abdomen, belly, gut, middle
1. 1.1 Each of four digestive organs in a ruminant (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum).
  （反刍动物的）四胃之一
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was interested in improving digestive processes within the rumen, the first of the four stomachs of ruminant animals, where cellulose is broken down by bacteria.
  When calves are fed milk it is funnelled through the oesophageal groove to the true stomach by-passing the rumen.
  Both syphilis and Lyme disease are caused by these bacteria, and other species are important symbionts in the stomachs of cows and other ruminants.
  The abomasum, known as the true stomach, normally lies on the floor of the abdomen, but can become filled with gas and rise to the top of the abdomen and become displaced.
  Because cows are ruminants and ruminants have several stomachs.
  He dumped 33 cattle stomachs on the side of the road, earning him a court appearance and press coverage.
  Animals which do this include cows, sheep and goats, and they all have four stomachs.
  They hardly chew their food when first eaten, but swallow it into a special stomach where the food is partially digested.
  Like they hadn't noticed that even a calf, which has four stomachs, stops drinking milk after about eight weeks.
  Detection of ergot alkaloids in stomach or rumen content is evidence of exposure.
  Newbold's group at the Institute of Rural Sciences in Wales has worked to produce organic acids to prevent methane buildup in cow stomachs.
  More advanced artiodactyls, the ruminants, have evolved complex stomachs with three or four chambers.
  The most familiar sources of methane are bacteria that live in bogs, lakes and the stomachs of ruminants like cows.
  To a small extent, this can also happen in the stomachs of ruminant animals, such as cows and sheep, but without the same detrimental effect as the man-made variety.
  The cow needs a balance of physical ingredients in her rumen to get her to ruminate, to slow down the flow of food through the stomach and develop rumen wall muscle tone.
  The stomach of an adult moose can hold 112 pounds of food.
2. 1.2 Any of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals.
  （低级动物的）类胃器官
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their stomachs are unusual, long and folded and with a unique gastric gland.
  But when some of the eels were caught, their stomachs turned out to be full of shrimp.
  When they are brought up from the depths, gases in their bladders expand, popping the fish's stomachs and making their eyes bug out.
  Small perch caught near the upstream edge of the salinity wedge in Richibucto Estuary had more copepods in their stomachs than larger perch caught further downriver.
  The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies - as many as 2,000 at a time.
  Material remaining in the stomach can include food, mucus, or hair.
  Sea stars feed by extruding their cardiac stomach over their prey, thus predation begins at the pinacocytic layer.
  These animals do not ruminate (chew their cud), and their stomachs may be simple and one-chambered or have up to three chambers.
  The prey, often of almost equal size to the anglerfish, fit neatly into the anglerfish's expandable stomachs, Drazen said.
  We found this out when their stomachs proved to contain nothing but fish tails.
  Their stomachs are the most acidic recorded for any vertebrate, allowing them to digest even the bones and shells of prey animals.
  Over the years whalers have reported finding a high number of large squid beaks in the mammals' stomachs, pegging sperm whales as primary predators of large squid.
  Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach.
  In both the case of the adult and the chick the stomach cannot be filled more than a certain amount.
  Eggs and tadpoles of Rheobatrachus develop in the stomach of the mother.
  In these studies, stomachs from 4th instar A. aegypti larvae were examined using both transmission and scanning electron microscopy.
  The researchers also found the same beetles in the stomachs of the Pitohui and Ifrita bird species.
  Belemnite hooks are commonly found in the fossilized stomachs of marine reptiles that preyed upon them, such as ichthyosaurs.
  One red algal species and two green algae occuffed in stomachs at all three sites: Polysiphonia sp., Ulva sp., and Enteromorpha sp.
  Wombats are strictly herbivorous grazers; they have a simple stomach and a short, broad cecum.
3. 1.3 The front part of the body between the chest and thighs; the belly.
  肚子，腹部
  Blake hit him in the stomach
  布莱克击中了他的肚子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A woman who stabbed a former boyfriend three times in the stomach while high on drink and drugs has narrowly escaped a jail sentence.
  My favourite part of a guy's body is his stomach and then his chest.
  He had obviously been working hard lately, as I looked at his flat, toned stomach.
  With his fists, he punched his opponent continuously in the stomach and chest, not giving him the chance to regain his breath.
  Francesca stood at a distance from him, her hands tightly clasped in front of her stomach, feeling somewhat awkward.
  He stood in front of me, looking down at his stomach and chest.
  Electrodes are placed on the stomach, bottom and thighs and two electrical currents switched on.
  I stood with my hands clasped in front of my stomach nervously.
  Instead he wrapped his arm around the front of my stomach and pulled me closer.
  When first learning to breathe properly, students should put their hands together in front of their stomach.
  I smiled at him for a second before dropping him with a hard front kick in his stomach.
  They arrived to find Stephen dead on the ground with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and chest.
  I've got a slim body but my stomach and waist are still chubby.
  They then chased the 25-year-old victim through the house before stabbing him in the stomach and thigh.
  Shallow, I know, but I had two small children then and was in mourning for my lost stomach and thighs.
  Furtive glances dissect her at thighs, hips, stomach, chest and face.
  If stomach discomfort occurs after eating cold food, place something warm on the stomach such as hot towels.
  They then folded their hands together in front of their stomachs and stood there like statues.
  We found an adult male trapped with mud up to his waist area with this log right here that was across his stomach and chest area.
  Her drawn up thighs pushed hard against her stomach and chest.
  Synonyms
  torso, trunk, chest, middle
  paunch, pot belly, beer belly, girth
4. 1.4in singular The stomach viewed as the seat of hunger, nausea, anxiety, or other unsettling feelings.
  肚子，胃
  Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach
  弗吉尼亚胃里有点想吐。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My stomach tightened as I saw the corners of her mouth lift into a smile.
  The wheels seemed to be turning in his mind and Sally's stomach lurched with every passing second he kept silent.
  My stomach tightened again, but this time, a different type of fear struck me.
  Her stomach tightened but she tried to keep a smile on her face.
  My stomach tightened and I grabbed tightly onto the wooden armrest.
  I paced restlessly around my small cell, stomach twisting with anxiety, and hunger.
  Amanda's stomach tightened as she wished her friend good luck and bid her good night.
  A lump grew in the pit of Wil's stomach and his mind churned in anger.
  His stomach tightened, thinking about that photograph he had unfortunately seen.
  His stomach tightened in anticipation, knowing he was finally going to talk to the girl.
  Her stomach tightened as she realized that she had finally arrived at a decision.
  My stomach tightened, and I thought of leaving him outside, but he'd already seen me peering at him through the window.
  Her stomach tightened and she felt extremely uncomfortable about the way he said ‘fun’.
  Her stomach tightened when she reached over to brush some hair from the other girl's face and saw that those blue eyes were clouded over.
  Her stomach tightened at his pronouncement but she got to her feet and approached the Captain.
  He stood staring into the night, hand on his sword hilt, stomach knotted and mind racing.
  His stomach tightens in a knot as he stumbles down the hall towards his bedroom.
  After all, everyone needs food, and sooner or later, the stomach will rule.
  The urgency in his tone caused her stomach to tighten and she looked up at him from beneath her lashes.
  Her stomach tightened at the thought of those revolting weapons.
2in singular, usually with negative An appetite for food or drink.
食欲，胃口
she doesn't have the stomach to eat anything
她没有胃口，什么也不想吃。
Example sentencesExamples
- I just didn't have the stomach to eat it.
- I hadn't had the stomach to finish my food after all I had learned that evening.
- His years at the Genki estate hadn't quite given him enough stomach for fancy foods.
- Vera and Charlie were served dinner on board the jet, but Charlie didn't have the stomach to eat.
- He was now alone, the smell of fried eggs and bacon still strong in the room, but he had not the stomach to eat.
Synonyms
appetite, taste, hunger
1. 2.1 A desire or inclination for something involving conflict, difficulty, or unpleasantness.
  （对有冲突、困难或不快之事的）欲望；倾向
  the teams proved to have no stomach for a fight
  结果证明，那些队并不想交战。
  with infinitive frankly, I don't have the stomach to find out
  说老实话，我没有兴趣去查明真相。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They have no stomach for a fight, because they have no ability to win one.
  The swoop on Smith was in the first place a signal that they had not quietly dropped an investigation which many believed they had no stomach for.
  Those with no stomach for equities might want to consider bonds, especially Mexican corporates.
  Within the political establishment, there is no stomach for either course.
  If you have no stomach for plainsong and church polyphony, steer clear of this recording.
  Yet the Western powers had no stomach for imposing an oil embargo, the one non-military step that promised eventual results.
  There are musicians with strong voices who are articulate and intelligent and who I know in private have no stomach for war who have not come forward.
  The world did not seem the same place anymore, and he still had no stomach for magic.
  To me it smacks of a man who, to be brutally honest, has no stomach for a fight.
  We won't go through with it because we have no stomach for the series of secondary decisions we're going to have to make after we've made the big one.
  If he continually bemoaned such circumstances he would find himself out of tune with his own support, who have no stomach for even genuine excuses.
  DARPA had no stomach for another privacy controversy and killed the project.
  There is no stomach for top-up fees in my institution, and I do not detect any among my colleagues.
  But behind the scenes there is no stomach for a fight.
  Our upcoming generations will have no stomach for sacrifice, discipline, or enduring burdens.
  If that sounds entertaining - even for those of us with no stomach for heavy metal - it should.
  He had no stomach for war, and was not a war leader.
  The AFL-CIO is quietly packing up its local support operation, sensing that SAG has no stomach for a real fight.
  He told of participating in strikes that he and his co-workers had no stomach for.
  Others have no stomach for killing, and practise taxidermy merely as an art.
  Synonyms
  appetite, taste, hunger

verbˈstəməkˈstəmək

[with object]usually cannot stomach

1Consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick.
能吃（或喝）；消化
if you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice
如果你不能喝橙汁，试一试苹果汁。
Example sentencesExamples
- While he could actually stomach the food, I couldn't and choose a banana and water.
- Then we knocked back as many drinks as we could stomach, which brought us to my current state.
- I can barely stomach any food, which is good I guess because I'm fat anyway.
- Vitamin D and fish oil supplements (for those who cannot stomach fish) may also be helpful.
- Here you go, pal, all the bourbon you can stomach, brought to you by one of my beautiful, tunic-clad daughters.
- Have you ever wondered how lizards can stomach worms, crickets and locusts?
- Just days after her birth, Stacey was diagnosed with the disease when doctors found a tube in her intestine was blocked and she could not stomach any food.
- She'd eaten as much breakfast as she could stomach, and kept her mind on other things so she wouldn't throw it back up.
- All my meals were on the set, when I could actually stomach food.
Synonyms
digest, keep down, find palatable, manage to consume, manage to eat, swallow
1. 1.1 Endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person)
  忍受，忍耐（讨厌的东西或人）
  I can't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers
  我无法忍受某些经理自以为是的态度。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
  Even for those who do not understand rural life and still cannot stomach the realities of gamekeeping, it is hard to contest that a problem exists with raptor numbers.
  What if you want a Boxer, but cannot stomach the thought of housebreaking, chewed up shoes and boundless puppy energy?
  Investors of any age who cannot stomach market volatility also tend to have a higher-cash portion of their portfolios.
  Howard's government ‘cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings’.
  If you cannot stomach a breach of decorum when justified outrage erupts then your support is nearly worthless anyway.
  This was the man who left the FNM because he didn't feel that he could stomach the corruption, and yet this was the party that he wanted to lead a couple of years ago.
  If so, it might be worth stomaching your losses and switching out of your tech fund to something less risky.
  They cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings.
  From soundings I've taken inside the Labour Party, people cannot stomach a war and some are going to leave the party.
  She recently quit as an assistant manager at a trading company because she could no longer stomach the attitude of her male colleagues.
  Ideologies that affirm a set of basic truths, such as feminism and classical or neo-Marxism, cannot stomach postmodernism.
  It's about a recovering paedophile and I don't think people could stomach it - especially as it doesn't set out to explain, only portray.
  A quiet man, he stomached the suffering and gave thanks we all survived.
  I suspect many, like me and my family, went because we cannot stomach the idea that we are being bounced into war for the sake of political expediency.
  For those of you who can still stomach watching baseball after all that's happened, there is some compelling drama to be played out in the coming weeks.
  Could she stomach the knowledge of what he'd endured since he was taken from his boarding school dormitory?
  It simply cannot stomach the sense of some form of autonomy.
  Boys had to endure this to prove they could stomach the hardships of hunting.
  For any diver who can stomach the risks, Bushman's Hole is world-class.
  Synonyms
  tolerate, put up with, take, stand, endure, accept, swallow, bear, support, brook, submit to, countenance

Phrases

an army marches on its stomach

A group of soldiers or workers can only fight or function effectively if they have been well fed.
给养充足的士兵（或工人）才能很好地战斗（或工作）
Example sentencesExamples
- Napoleon recognised that an army marches on its stomach but, today, a more pertinent question for all farmers and tax payers is: ‘Should British soldiers be stuffing themselves with foreign meat in their rations?’
- If an army marches on its stomach, software product development at every large corporation marches on the Zee cabinet.
- Emperor Napoleon had said an army marches on its stomach.
- As Napoleon once said, an army marches on its stomach - hence the importance of getting tucker to the troops.
- ‘Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach, and I fed these guys,’ says the Fannie Mae leader who spearheaded the move last summer.

on a full (or an empty) stomach

After having eaten (or having not eaten)
饱（或空）着肚子
I think better on a full stomach
我吃饱了才能更好地思考。
Example sentencesExamples
- On the subject of when is the best time to exercise, Chris feels that for cardio work, the best time is in the morning on an empty stomach, if your intention is to burn body fat.
- These days I take five pills a day, but at one point I was on about 20-some of which could only be taken with fatty food and others on an empty stomach.
- I picked up my silverware, knowing full well that every great expeditioning dilemma is best contemplated on a full stomach.
- But I hadn't eaten, and I know better to drink three cosmos on an empty stomach.
- It's hard to march against hunger on an empty stomach.
- The dose must be administered in the morning on an empty stomach with a full glass of water.
- The water should be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Everyone knows you can't read a book on an empty stomach.
- A couple ended up being three, which wasn't that much, but on an empty stomach and in addition to a lack of sleep, I was a little gone.
- I have to take it on an empty stomach to make it work properly.

a strong stomach

An ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or squeamish.
（看或做讨厌的事时）坚强的性格
Example sentencesExamples
- You'll need a strong stomach to read about her experience of childbirth on page 6, but it's powerful stuff and if the magazine's honorary girl can handle it, so can you.
- Incidentally, if you have a strong stomach, this New Yorker article provides more details about the offenses and the investigation.
- Perhaps they are, but one would need to have quite a strong stomach to sleep with two men at the same time with the prospect of getting pregnant by either.
- You can read the rest if you have a strong stomach.
- The book is harsh, not self-pitying, but it definitely requires a strong stomach.
- But for the benefit of those of us lacking such a strong stomach, the recipes in her book, Ant Egg Soup, make use of more familiar foods such as aubergine, dill and mint, also grown in abundance in Laos.
- I saw the footage on LBC, and it took a strong stomach to watch the wounded carried away.
- It takes a strong stomach to press forward through the half page dedicated to the description of a skuzzy university toilet.
- Her room was painted dingy brown that could make even a strong stomach sick.
- Brian appears to have a strong stomach, a good sense of humor, and other attributes that serve him well in observing the moonbats on parade.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French estomac, stomaque, via Latin from Greek stomakhos ‘gullet’, from stoma ‘mouth’. The early sense of the verb was ‘be offended at, resent’ (early 16th century).

单词	stomach
释义	Definition of stomach in English: stomach noun ˈstʌməkˈstəmək 1The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine. 胃 as modifier severe stomach pains Example sentencesExamples Food in the stomach does not appear to alter the kinetics or behavioral effects of the medication. A very full stomach is uncomfortable - food stays in the stomach for two to three hours, then continues to have an effect further down the gut. Some low GI foods are high in fat, as fat slows the emptying of food from the stomach. Have some solid food in your stomach before drinking. For most other common solid tumours such as those of lung, oesophagus, stomach, or pancreas, only limited survival gains have been achieved. The idea was that fibre fills the stomach and reduces the desire to overeat. The Chinese believe that the rice will settle the stomach after eating. It may react with chemicals in food or in the stomach to form tiny amounts of cancer-causing nitrosamines. If the muscular valve above the stomach leaks, food mixed with acid washes back, or refluxes, into the esophagus. This is usually due to the accumulation of food in the stomach and intestines. The biotech company intends to turn the substances into therapeutic food products to treat stomach disorders. It takes a certain time to digest, so it increases the time that food remains in the stomach, giving a feeling of comfortable satiety. Smooth cells make up the stomach, intestine, blood vessels and other organs. Digestion begins in the mouth, well before food reaches the stomach. Gastroplasty alone can cause vomiting when even tiny amounts of food stretch the stapled stomach. She added that high-fiber food can extend the presence of food in the stomach so the sensation of being full will remain for longer. These help prevent return of food from the stomach to the mouth. The movement of gastric juices into the food pipe from the stomach is called reflux. Smoking is the most important cause, though a fondness for salt is another disturbing trend that irritates the stomach. Researchers believe that water in food empties from the stomach more slowly than water you drink, making you feel full longer. Synonyms abdomen, belly, gut, middle informal tummy, tum, breadbasket, insides Australian informal bingy 1.1 Each of four stomachs in a ruminant (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum). （反刍动物的）四胃之一 Example sentencesExamples Like they hadn't noticed that even a calf, which has four stomachs, stops drinking milk after about eight weeks. They hardly chew their food when first eaten, but swallow it into a special stomach where the food is partially digested. Because cows are ruminants and ruminants have several stomachs. The most familiar sources of methane are bacteria that live in bogs, lakes and the stomachs of ruminants like cows. Detection of ergot alkaloids in stomach or rumen content is evidence of exposure. The stomach of an adult moose can hold 112 pounds of food. He dumped 33 cattle stomachs on the side of the road, earning him a court appearance and press coverage. The cow needs a balance of physical ingredients in her rumen to get her to ruminate, to slow down the flow of food through the stomach and develop rumen wall muscle tone. Animals which do this include cows, sheep and goats, and they all have four stomachs. When calves are fed milk it is funnelled through the oesophageal groove to the true stomach by-passing the rumen. He was interested in improving digestive processes within the rumen, the first of the four stomachs of ruminant animals, where cellulose is broken down by bacteria. Newbold's group at the Institute of Rural Sciences in Wales has worked to produce organic acids to prevent methane buildup in cow stomachs. To a small extent, this can also happen in the stomachs of ruminant animals, such as cows and sheep, but without the same detrimental effect as the man-made variety. Both syphilis and Lyme disease are caused by these bacteria, and other species are important symbionts in the stomachs of cows and other ruminants. The abomasum, known as the true stomach, normally lies on the floor of the abdomen, but can become filled with gas and rise to the top of the abdomen and become displaced. More advanced artiodactyls, the ruminants, have evolved complex stomachs with three or four chambers. 1.2 Any of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals. （低级动物的）类胃器官 Example sentencesExamples Belemnite hooks are commonly found in the fossilized stomachs of marine reptiles that preyed upon them, such as ichthyosaurs. The researchers also found the same beetles in the stomachs of the Pitohui and Ifrita bird species. Their stomachs are the most acidic recorded for any vertebrate, allowing them to digest even the bones and shells of prey animals. The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies - as many as 2,000 at a time. Material remaining in the stomach can include food, mucus, or hair. When they are brought up from the depths, gases in their bladders expand, popping the fish's stomachs and making their eyes bug out. In both the case of the adult and the chick the stomach cannot be filled more than a certain amount. But when some of the eels were caught, their stomachs turned out to be full of shrimp. These animals do not ruminate (chew their cud), and their stomachs may be simple and one-chambered or have up to three chambers. Small perch caught near the upstream edge of the salinity wedge in Richibucto Estuary had more copepods in their stomachs than larger perch caught further downriver. We found this out when their stomachs proved to contain nothing but fish tails. The prey, often of almost equal size to the anglerfish, fit neatly into the anglerfish's expandable stomachs, Drazen said. One red algal species and two green algae occuffed in stomachs at all three sites: Polysiphonia sp., Ulva sp., and Enteromorpha sp. Eggs and tadpoles of Rheobatrachus develop in the stomach of the mother. In these studies, stomachs from 4th instar A. aegypti larvae were examined using both transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Their stomachs are unusual, long and folded and with a unique gastric gland. Wombats are strictly herbivorous grazers; they have a simple stomach and a short, broad cecum. Over the years whalers have reported finding a high number of large squid beaks in the mammals' stomachs, pegging sperm whales as primary predators of large squid. Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach. Sea stars feed by extruding their cardiac stomach over their prey, thus predation begins at the pinacocytic layer. 1.3 The front part of the body between the chest and thighs; the belly. 肚子，腹部 Blake hit him in the stomach 布莱克击中了他的肚子。 Example sentencesExamples He had obviously been working hard lately, as I looked at his flat, toned stomach. I smiled at him for a second before dropping him with a hard front kick in his stomach. I stood with my hands clasped in front of my stomach nervously. Francesca stood at a distance from him, her hands tightly clasped in front of her stomach, feeling somewhat awkward. He stood in front of me, looking down at his stomach and chest. Furtive glances dissect her at thighs, hips, stomach, chest and face. They arrived to find Stephen dead on the ground with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and chest. I've got a slim body but my stomach and waist are still chubby. With his fists, he punched his opponent continuously in the stomach and chest, not giving him the chance to regain his breath. Shallow, I know, but I had two small children then and was in mourning for my lost stomach and thighs. A woman who stabbed a former boyfriend three times in the stomach while high on drink and drugs has narrowly escaped a jail sentence. They then folded their hands together in front of their stomachs and stood there like statues. They then chased the 25-year-old victim through the house before stabbing him in the stomach and thigh. We found an adult male trapped with mud up to his waist area with this log right here that was across his stomach and chest area. Her drawn up thighs pushed hard against her stomach and chest. If stomach discomfort occurs after eating cold food, place something warm on the stomach such as hot towels. My favourite part of a guy's body is his stomach and then his chest. Instead he wrapped his arm around the front of my stomach and pulled me closer. When first learning to breathe properly, students should put their hands together in front of their stomach. Electrodes are placed on the stomach, bottom and thighs and two electrical currents switched on. Synonyms paunch, pot belly, beer belly, girth informal beer gut, pot, tummy, spare tyre, middle-aged spread Scottish informal kyte North American informal bay window dated, humorous corporation 1.4in singular The stomach viewed as the seat of hunger, nausea, anxiety, or other unsettling feelings. 肚子，胃 Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach 弗吉尼亚胃里有点想吐。 Example sentencesExamples Her stomach tightened when she reached over to brush some hair from the other girl's face and saw that those blue eyes were clouded over. My stomach tightened and I grabbed tightly onto the wooden armrest. After all, everyone needs food, and sooner or later, the stomach will rule. A lump grew in the pit of Wil's stomach and his mind churned in anger. Her stomach tightened at his pronouncement but she got to her feet and approached the Captain. Amanda's stomach tightened as she wished her friend good luck and bid her good night. My stomach tightened again, but this time, a different type of fear struck me. His stomach tightens in a knot as he stumbles down the hall towards his bedroom. He stood staring into the night, hand on his sword hilt, stomach knotted and mind racing. Her stomach tightened and she felt extremely uncomfortable about the way he said ‘fun’. His stomach tightened in anticipation, knowing he was finally going to talk to the girl. My stomach tightened as I saw the corners of her mouth lift into a smile. Her stomach tightened at the thought of those revolting weapons. The urgency in his tone caused her stomach to tighten and she looked up at him from beneath her lashes. I paced restlessly around my small cell, stomach twisting with anxiety, and hunger. His stomach tightened, thinking about that photograph he had unfortunately seen. Her stomach tightened as she realized that she had finally arrived at a decision. The wheels seemed to be turning in his mind and Sally's stomach lurched with every passing second he kept silent. My stomach tightened, and I thought of leaving him outside, but he'd already seen me peering at him through the window. Her stomach tightened but she tried to keep a smile on her face. 2in singular, usually with negative An appetite for food or drink. 食欲，胃口 she doesn't have the stomach to eat anything 她没有胃口，什么也不想吃。 Example sentencesExamples His years at the Genki estate hadn't quite given him enough stomach for fancy foods. Vera and Charlie were served dinner on board the jet, but Charlie didn't have the stomach to eat. I hadn't had the stomach to finish my food after all I had learned that evening. I just didn't have the stomach to eat it. He was now alone, the smell of fried eggs and bacon still strong in the room, but he had not the stomach to eat. Synonyms appetite, taste, hunger 2.1 A desire or inclination for something involving conflict or difficulty. （对有冲突、困难或不快之事的）欲望；倾向 the teams proved to have no stomach for a fight 结果证明，那些队并不想交战。 Example sentencesExamples Others have no stomach for killing, and practise taxidermy merely as an art. Within the political establishment, there is no stomach for either course. There are musicians with strong voices who are articulate and intelligent and who I know in private have no stomach for war who have not come forward. He had no stomach for war, and was not a war leader. But behind the scenes there is no stomach for a fight. If you have no stomach for plainsong and church polyphony, steer clear of this recording. Yet the Western powers had no stomach for imposing an oil embargo, the one non-military step that promised eventual results. The world did not seem the same place anymore, and he still had no stomach for magic. To me it smacks of a man who, to be brutally honest, has no stomach for a fight. There is no stomach for top-up fees in my institution, and I do not detect any among my colleagues. He told of participating in strikes that he and his co-workers had no stomach for. If that sounds entertaining - even for those of us with no stomach for heavy metal - it should. If he continually bemoaned such circumstances he would find himself out of tune with his own support, who have no stomach for even genuine excuses. The swoop on Smith was in the first place a signal that they had not quietly dropped an investigation which many believed they had no stomach for. DARPA had no stomach for another privacy controversy and killed the project. Our upcoming generations will have no stomach for sacrifice, discipline, or enduring burdens. The AFL-CIO is quietly packing up its local support operation, sensing that SAG has no stomach for a real fight. Those with no stomach for equities might want to consider bonds, especially Mexican corporates. They have no stomach for a fight, because they have no ability to win one. We won't go through with it because we have no stomach for the series of secondary decisions we're going to have to make after we've made the big one. Synonyms appetite, taste, hunger verb ˈstʌməkˈstəmək [with object]usually cannot stomach 1Consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick. 能吃（或喝）；消化 if you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice 如果你不能喝橙汁，试一试苹果汁。 Example sentencesExamples Just days after her birth, Stacey was diagnosed with the disease when doctors found a tube in her intestine was blocked and she could not stomach any food. I can barely stomach any food, which is good I guess because I'm fat anyway. Vitamin D and fish oil supplements (for those who cannot stomach fish) may also be helpful. Have you ever wondered how lizards can stomach worms, crickets and locusts? She'd eaten as much breakfast as she could stomach, and kept her mind on other things so she wouldn't throw it back up. Here you go, pal, all the bourbon you can stomach, brought to you by one of my beautiful, tunic-clad daughters. All my meals were on the set, when I could actually stomach food. Then we knocked back as many drinks as we could stomach, which brought us to my current state. While he could actually stomach the food, I couldn't and choose a banana and water. Synonyms digest, keep down, find palatable, manage to eat/consume, swallow 1.1 Endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person) 忍受，忍耐（讨厌的东西或人） I can't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers 我无法忍受某些经理自以为是的态度。 Example sentencesExamples Howard's government ‘cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings’. It simply cannot stomach the sense of some form of autonomy. She recently quit as an assistant manager at a trading company because she could no longer stomach the attitude of her male colleagues. They cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings. From soundings I've taken inside the Labour Party, people cannot stomach a war and some are going to leave the party. A quiet man, he stomached the suffering and gave thanks we all survived. This was the man who left the FNM because he didn't feel that he could stomach the corruption, and yet this was the party that he wanted to lead a couple of years ago. For any diver who can stomach the risks, Bushman's Hole is world-class. For those of you who can still stomach watching baseball after all that's happened, there is some compelling drama to be played out in the coming weeks. Ideologies that affirm a set of basic truths, such as feminism and classical or neo-Marxism, cannot stomach postmodernism. If you cannot stomach a breach of decorum when justified outrage erupts then your support is nearly worthless anyway. Investors of any age who cannot stomach market volatility also tend to have a higher-cash portion of their portfolios. If so, it might be worth stomaching your losses and switching out of your tech fund to something less risky. I suspect many, like me and my family, went because we cannot stomach the idea that we are being bounced into war for the sake of political expediency. Even for those who do not understand rural life and still cannot stomach the realities of gamekeeping, it is hard to contest that a problem exists with raptor numbers. Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. It's about a recovering paedophile and I don't think people could stomach it - especially as it doesn't set out to explain, only portray. What if you want a Boxer, but cannot stomach the thought of housebreaking, chewed up shoes and boundless puppy energy? Could she stomach the knowledge of what he'd endured since he was taken from his boarding school dormitory? Boys had to endure this to prove they could stomach the hardships of hunting. Synonyms tolerate, put up with, take, stand, endure, accept, swallow, bear, support, brook, submit to, countenance Scottish thole informal stick, hack, abide British informal wear, be doing with archaic suffer Phrases an army marches on its stomach A group of soldiers or workers can only fight or function effectively if they have been well fed. 给养充足的士兵（或工人）才能很好地战斗（或工作） Example sentencesExamples As Napoleon once said, an army marches on its stomach - hence the importance of getting tucker to the troops. Napoleon recognised that an army marches on its stomach but, today, a more pertinent question for all farmers and tax payers is: ‘Should British soldiers be stuffing themselves with foreign meat in their rations?’ Emperor Napoleon had said an army marches on its stomach. If an army marches on its stomach, software product development at every large corporation marches on the Zee cabinet. ‘Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach, and I fed these guys,’ says the Fannie Mae leader who spearheaded the move last summer. on a full (or an empty) stomach After having eaten (or having not eaten) 饱（或空）着肚子 I always think better on a full stomach 我吃饱了才能更好地思考。 Example sentencesExamples These days I take five pills a day, but at one point I was on about 20-some of which could only be taken with fatty food and others on an empty stomach. I picked up my silverware, knowing full well that every great expeditioning dilemma is best contemplated on a full stomach. But I hadn't eaten, and I know better to drink three cosmos on an empty stomach. Everyone knows you can't read a book on an empty stomach. A couple ended up being three, which wasn't that much, but on an empty stomach and in addition to a lack of sleep, I was a little gone. The dose must be administered in the morning on an empty stomach with a full glass of water. It's hard to march against hunger on an empty stomach. I have to take it on an empty stomach to make it work properly. On the subject of when is the best time to exercise, Chris feels that for cardio work, the best time is in the morning on an empty stomach, if your intention is to burn body fat. The water should be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. a strong stomach An ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or squeamish. （看或做讨厌的事时）坚强的性格 be warned, you'll need a strong stomach Example sentencesExamples Brian appears to have a strong stomach, a good sense of humor, and other attributes that serve him well in observing the moonbats on parade. Perhaps they are, but one would need to have quite a strong stomach to sleep with two men at the same time with the prospect of getting pregnant by either. You can read the rest if you have a strong stomach. Incidentally, if you have a strong stomach, this New Yorker article provides more details about the offenses and the investigation. You'll need a strong stomach to read about her experience of childbirth on page 6, but it's powerful stuff and if the magazine's honorary girl can handle it, so can you. I saw the footage on LBC, and it took a strong stomach to watch the wounded carried away. Her room was painted dingy brown that could make even a strong stomach sick. But for the benefit of those of us lacking such a strong stomach, the recipes in her book, Ant Egg Soup, make use of more familiar foods such as aubergine, dill and mint, also grown in abundance in Laos. The book is harsh, not self-pitying, but it definitely requires a strong stomach. It takes a strong stomach to press forward through the half page dedicated to the description of a skuzzy university toilet. Derivatives stomachful nounPlural stomachfuls ˈstʌməkfʊlˈstəməkˌfʊl Using echolocation, its sophisticated sonar system, each bat may catch and eat several stomachfuls of insects in a single night. Example sentencesExamples The ants are attracted to the sweet gel and can take a stomachful of poison back to their mound. Sixty bee stomachfuls of honey are needed to fill one thimble full of honey. We've already mentioned penniless banana growers and people who don't want a stomachful of growth hormones. Because they consume so much more plant matter per stomachful of food on the dry diet of summer and fall than they do on the wet spring diet, the tortoises can store more energy than they burn. stomachless adjective Origin Middle English: from Old French estomac, stomaque, via Latin from Greek stomakhos 'gullet', from stoma 'mouth'. The early sense of the verb was 'be offended at, resent' (early 16th century). The ultimate source of our word stomach is Greek stomakhos ‘gullet’, from stoma ‘mouth’, source of the anatomical term (late 17th century). A common saying is the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The earliest expression of these sentiments is by John Adams, the second American president, in a letter he wrote in 1814: ‘The shortest road to men's hearts is down their throats’. See also nation Rhymes hummock, slummock noun.1 phr. Definition of stomach in US English: stomach nounˈstəməkˈstəmək 1The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine. 胃 Example sentencesExamples The biotech company intends to turn the substances into therapeutic food products to treat stomach disorders. Gastroplasty alone can cause vomiting when even tiny amounts of food stretch the stapled stomach. Digestion begins in the mouth, well before food reaches the stomach. She added that high-fiber food can extend the presence of food in the stomach so the sensation of being full will remain for longer. Some low GI foods are high in fat, as fat slows the emptying of food from the stomach. Food in the stomach does not appear to alter the kinetics or behavioral effects of the medication. For most other common solid tumours such as those of lung, oesophagus, stomach, or pancreas, only limited survival gains have been achieved. This is usually due to the accumulation of food in the stomach and intestines. The Chinese believe that the rice will settle the stomach after eating. If the muscular valve above the stomach leaks, food mixed with acid washes back, or refluxes, into the esophagus. It may react with chemicals in food or in the stomach to form tiny amounts of cancer-causing nitrosamines. Have some solid food in your stomach before drinking. These help prevent return of food from the stomach to the mouth. It takes a certain time to digest, so it increases the time that food remains in the stomach, giving a feeling of comfortable satiety. The movement of gastric juices into the food pipe from the stomach is called reflux. A very full stomach is uncomfortable - food stays in the stomach for two to three hours, then continues to have an effect further down the gut. Researchers believe that water in food empties from the stomach more slowly than water you drink, making you feel full longer. Smooth cells make up the stomach, intestine, blood vessels and other organs. Smoking is the most important cause, though a fondness for salt is another disturbing trend that irritates the stomach. The idea was that fibre fills the stomach and reduces the desire to overeat. Synonyms abdomen, belly, gut, middle 1.1 Each of four digestive organs in a ruminant (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum). （反刍动物的）四胃之一 Example sentencesExamples He was interested in improving digestive processes within the rumen, the first of the four stomachs of ruminant animals, where cellulose is broken down by bacteria. When calves are fed milk it is funnelled through the oesophageal groove to the true stomach by-passing the rumen. Both syphilis and Lyme disease are caused by these bacteria, and other species are important symbionts in the stomachs of cows and other ruminants. The abomasum, known as the true stomach, normally lies on the floor of the abdomen, but can become filled with gas and rise to the top of the abdomen and become displaced. Because cows are ruminants and ruminants have several stomachs. He dumped 33 cattle stomachs on the side of the road, earning him a court appearance and press coverage. Animals which do this include cows, sheep and goats, and they all have four stomachs. They hardly chew their food when first eaten, but swallow it into a special stomach where the food is partially digested. Like they hadn't noticed that even a calf, which has four stomachs, stops drinking milk after about eight weeks. Detection of ergot alkaloids in stomach or rumen content is evidence of exposure. Newbold's group at the Institute of Rural Sciences in Wales has worked to produce organic acids to prevent methane buildup in cow stomachs. More advanced artiodactyls, the ruminants, have evolved complex stomachs with three or four chambers. The most familiar sources of methane are bacteria that live in bogs, lakes and the stomachs of ruminants like cows. To a small extent, this can also happen in the stomachs of ruminant animals, such as cows and sheep, but without the same detrimental effect as the man-made variety. The cow needs a balance of physical ingredients in her rumen to get her to ruminate, to slow down the flow of food through the stomach and develop rumen wall muscle tone. The stomach of an adult moose can hold 112 pounds of food. 1.2 Any of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals. （低级动物的）类胃器官 Example sentencesExamples Their stomachs are unusual, long and folded and with a unique gastric gland. But when some of the eels were caught, their stomachs turned out to be full of shrimp. When they are brought up from the depths, gases in their bladders expand, popping the fish's stomachs and making their eyes bug out. Small perch caught near the upstream edge of the salinity wedge in Richibucto Estuary had more copepods in their stomachs than larger perch caught further downriver. The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies - as many as 2,000 at a time. Material remaining in the stomach can include food, mucus, or hair. Sea stars feed by extruding their cardiac stomach over their prey, thus predation begins at the pinacocytic layer. These animals do not ruminate (chew their cud), and their stomachs may be simple and one-chambered or have up to three chambers. The prey, often of almost equal size to the anglerfish, fit neatly into the anglerfish's expandable stomachs, Drazen said. We found this out when their stomachs proved to contain nothing but fish tails. Their stomachs are the most acidic recorded for any vertebrate, allowing them to digest even the bones and shells of prey animals. Over the years whalers have reported finding a high number of large squid beaks in the mammals' stomachs, pegging sperm whales as primary predators of large squid. Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach. In both the case of the adult and the chick the stomach cannot be filled more than a certain amount. Eggs and tadpoles of Rheobatrachus develop in the stomach of the mother. In these studies, stomachs from 4th instar A. aegypti larvae were examined using both transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The researchers also found the same beetles in the stomachs of the Pitohui and Ifrita bird species. Belemnite hooks are commonly found in the fossilized stomachs of marine reptiles that preyed upon them, such as ichthyosaurs. One red algal species and two green algae occuffed in stomachs at all three sites: Polysiphonia sp., Ulva sp., and Enteromorpha sp. Wombats are strictly herbivorous grazers; they have a simple stomach and a short, broad cecum. 1.3 The front part of the body between the chest and thighs; the belly. 肚子，腹部 Blake hit him in the stomach 布莱克击中了他的肚子。 Example sentencesExamples A woman who stabbed a former boyfriend three times in the stomach while high on drink and drugs has narrowly escaped a jail sentence. My favourite part of a guy's body is his stomach and then his chest. He had obviously been working hard lately, as I looked at his flat, toned stomach. With his fists, he punched his opponent continuously in the stomach and chest, not giving him the chance to regain his breath. Francesca stood at a distance from him, her hands tightly clasped in front of her stomach, feeling somewhat awkward. He stood in front of me, looking down at his stomach and chest. Electrodes are placed on the stomach, bottom and thighs and two electrical currents switched on. I stood with my hands clasped in front of my stomach nervously. Instead he wrapped his arm around the front of my stomach and pulled me closer. When first learning to breathe properly, students should put their hands together in front of their stomach. I smiled at him for a second before dropping him with a hard front kick in his stomach. They arrived to find Stephen dead on the ground with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and chest. I've got a slim body but my stomach and waist are still chubby. They then chased the 25-year-old victim through the house before stabbing him in the stomach and thigh. Shallow, I know, but I had two small children then and was in mourning for my lost stomach and thighs. Furtive glances dissect her at thighs, hips, stomach, chest and face. If stomach discomfort occurs after eating cold food, place something warm on the stomach such as hot towels. They then folded their hands together in front of their stomachs and stood there like statues. We found an adult male trapped with mud up to his waist area with this log right here that was across his stomach and chest area. Her drawn up thighs pushed hard against her stomach and chest. Synonyms torso, trunk, chest, middle paunch, pot belly, beer belly, girth 1.4in singular The stomach viewed as the seat of hunger, nausea, anxiety, or other unsettling feelings. 肚子，胃 Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach 弗吉尼亚胃里有点想吐。 Example sentencesExamples My stomach tightened as I saw the corners of her mouth lift into a smile. The wheels seemed to be turning in his mind and Sally's stomach lurched with every passing second he kept silent. My stomach tightened again, but this time, a different type of fear struck me. Her stomach tightened but she tried to keep a smile on her face. My stomach tightened and I grabbed tightly onto the wooden armrest. I paced restlessly around my small cell, stomach twisting with anxiety, and hunger. Amanda's stomach tightened as she wished her friend good luck and bid her good night. A lump grew in the pit of Wil's stomach and his mind churned in anger. His stomach tightened, thinking about that photograph he had unfortunately seen. His stomach tightened in anticipation, knowing he was finally going to talk to the girl. Her stomach tightened as she realized that she had finally arrived at a decision. My stomach tightened, and I thought of leaving him outside, but he'd already seen me peering at him through the window. Her stomach tightened and she felt extremely uncomfortable about the way he said ‘fun’. Her stomach tightened when she reached over to brush some hair from the other girl's face and saw that those blue eyes were clouded over. Her stomach tightened at his pronouncement but she got to her feet and approached the Captain. He stood staring into the night, hand on his sword hilt, stomach knotted and mind racing. His stomach tightens in a knot as he stumbles down the hall towards his bedroom. After all, everyone needs food, and sooner or later, the stomach will rule. The urgency in his tone caused her stomach to tighten and she looked up at him from beneath her lashes. Her stomach tightened at the thought of those revolting weapons. 2in singular, usually with negative An appetite for food or drink. 食欲，胃口 she doesn't have the stomach to eat anything 她没有胃口，什么也不想吃。 Example sentencesExamples I just didn't have the stomach to eat it. I hadn't had the stomach to finish my food after all I had learned that evening. His years at the Genki estate hadn't quite given him enough stomach for fancy foods. Vera and Charlie were served dinner on board the jet, but Charlie didn't have the stomach to eat. He was now alone, the smell of fried eggs and bacon still strong in the room, but he had not the stomach to eat. Synonyms appetite, taste, hunger 2.1 A desire or inclination for something involving conflict, difficulty, or unpleasantness. （对有冲突、困难或不快之事的）欲望；倾向 the teams proved to have no stomach for a fight 结果证明，那些队并不想交战。 with infinitive frankly, I don't have the stomach to find out 说老实话，我没有兴趣去查明真相。 Example sentencesExamples They have no stomach for a fight, because they have no ability to win one. The swoop on Smith was in the first place a signal that they had not quietly dropped an investigation which many believed they had no stomach for. Those with no stomach for equities might want to consider bonds, especially Mexican corporates. Within the political establishment, there is no stomach for either course. If you have no stomach for plainsong and church polyphony, steer clear of this recording. Yet the Western powers had no stomach for imposing an oil embargo, the one non-military step that promised eventual results. There are musicians with strong voices who are articulate and intelligent and who I know in private have no stomach for war who have not come forward. The world did not seem the same place anymore, and he still had no stomach for magic. To me it smacks of a man who, to be brutally honest, has no stomach for a fight. We won't go through with it because we have no stomach for the series of secondary decisions we're going to have to make after we've made the big one. If he continually bemoaned such circumstances he would find himself out of tune with his own support, who have no stomach for even genuine excuses. DARPA had no stomach for another privacy controversy and killed the project. There is no stomach for top-up fees in my institution, and I do not detect any among my colleagues. But behind the scenes there is no stomach for a fight. Our upcoming generations will have no stomach for sacrifice, discipline, or enduring burdens. If that sounds entertaining - even for those of us with no stomach for heavy metal - it should. He had no stomach for war, and was not a war leader. The AFL-CIO is quietly packing up its local support operation, sensing that SAG has no stomach for a real fight. He told of participating in strikes that he and his co-workers had no stomach for. Others have no stomach for killing, and practise taxidermy merely as an art. Synonyms appetite, taste, hunger verbˈstəməkˈstəmək [with object]usually cannot stomach 1Consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick. 能吃（或喝）；消化 if you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice 如果你不能喝橙汁，试一试苹果汁。 Example sentencesExamples While he could actually stomach the food, I couldn't and choose a banana and water. Then we knocked back as many drinks as we could stomach, which brought us to my current state. I can barely stomach any food, which is good I guess because I'm fat anyway. Vitamin D and fish oil supplements (for those who cannot stomach fish) may also be helpful. Here you go, pal, all the bourbon you can stomach, brought to you by one of my beautiful, tunic-clad daughters. Have you ever wondered how lizards can stomach worms, crickets and locusts? Just days after her birth, Stacey was diagnosed with the disease when doctors found a tube in her intestine was blocked and she could not stomach any food. She'd eaten as much breakfast as she could stomach, and kept her mind on other things so she wouldn't throw it back up. All my meals were on the set, when I could actually stomach food. Synonyms digest, keep down, find palatable, manage to consume, manage to eat, swallow 1.1 Endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person) 忍受，忍耐（讨厌的东西或人） I can't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers 我无法忍受某些经理自以为是的态度。 Example sentencesExamples Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Even for those who do not understand rural life and still cannot stomach the realities of gamekeeping, it is hard to contest that a problem exists with raptor numbers. What if you want a Boxer, but cannot stomach the thought of housebreaking, chewed up shoes and boundless puppy energy? Investors of any age who cannot stomach market volatility also tend to have a higher-cash portion of their portfolios. Howard's government ‘cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings’. If you cannot stomach a breach of decorum when justified outrage erupts then your support is nearly worthless anyway. This was the man who left the FNM because he didn't feel that he could stomach the corruption, and yet this was the party that he wanted to lead a couple of years ago. If so, it might be worth stomaching your losses and switching out of your tech fund to something less risky. They cannot stomach the truth of their policy failings. From soundings I've taken inside the Labour Party, people cannot stomach a war and some are going to leave the party. She recently quit as an assistant manager at a trading company because she could no longer stomach the attitude of her male colleagues. Ideologies that affirm a set of basic truths, such as feminism and classical or neo-Marxism, cannot stomach postmodernism. It's about a recovering paedophile and I don't think people could stomach it - especially as it doesn't set out to explain, only portray. A quiet man, he stomached the suffering and gave thanks we all survived. I suspect many, like me and my family, went because we cannot stomach the idea that we are being bounced into war for the sake of political expediency. For those of you who can still stomach watching baseball after all that's happened, there is some compelling drama to be played out in the coming weeks. Could she stomach the knowledge of what he'd endured since he was taken from his boarding school dormitory? It simply cannot stomach the sense of some form of autonomy. Boys had to endure this to prove they could stomach the hardships of hunting. For any diver who can stomach the risks, Bushman's Hole is world-class. Synonyms tolerate, put up with, take, stand, endure, accept, swallow, bear, support, brook, submit to, countenance Phrases an army marches on its stomach A group of soldiers or workers can only fight or function effectively if they have been well fed. 给养充足的士兵（或工人）才能很好地战斗（或工作） Example sentencesExamples Napoleon recognised that an army marches on its stomach but, today, a more pertinent question for all farmers and tax payers is: ‘Should British soldiers be stuffing themselves with foreign meat in their rations?’ If an army marches on its stomach, software product development at every large corporation marches on the Zee cabinet. Emperor Napoleon had said an army marches on its stomach. As Napoleon once said, an army marches on its stomach - hence the importance of getting tucker to the troops. ‘Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach, and I fed these guys,’ says the Fannie Mae leader who spearheaded the move last summer. on a full (or an empty) stomach After having eaten (or having not eaten) 饱（或空）着肚子 I think better on a full stomach 我吃饱了才能更好地思考。 Example sentencesExamples On the subject of when is the best time to exercise, Chris feels that for cardio work, the best time is in the morning on an empty stomach, if your intention is to burn body fat. These days I take five pills a day, but at one point I was on about 20-some of which could only be taken with fatty food and others on an empty stomach. I picked up my silverware, knowing full well that every great expeditioning dilemma is best contemplated on a full stomach. But I hadn't eaten, and I know better to drink three cosmos on an empty stomach. It's hard to march against hunger on an empty stomach. The dose must be administered in the morning on an empty stomach with a full glass of water. The water should be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. Everyone knows you can't read a book on an empty stomach. A couple ended up being three, which wasn't that much, but on an empty stomach and in addition to a lack of sleep, I was a little gone. I have to take it on an empty stomach to make it work properly. a strong stomach An ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or squeamish. （看或做讨厌的事时）坚强的性格 Example sentencesExamples You'll need a strong stomach to read about her experience of childbirth on page 6, but it's powerful stuff and if the magazine's honorary girl can handle it, so can you. Incidentally, if you have a strong stomach, this New Yorker article provides more details about the offenses and the investigation. Perhaps they are, but one would need to have quite a strong stomach to sleep with two men at the same time with the prospect of getting pregnant by either. You can read the rest if you have a strong stomach. The book is harsh, not self-pitying, but it definitely requires a strong stomach. But for the benefit of those of us lacking such a strong stomach, the recipes in her book, Ant Egg Soup, make use of more familiar foods such as aubergine, dill and mint, also grown in abundance in Laos. I saw the footage on LBC, and it took a strong stomach to watch the wounded carried away. It takes a strong stomach to press forward through the half page dedicated to the description of a skuzzy university toilet. Her room was painted dingy brown that could make even a strong stomach sick. Brian appears to have a strong stomach, a good sense of humor, and other attributes that serve him well in observing the moonbats on parade. Origin Middle English: from Old French estomac, stomaque, via Latin from Greek stomakhos ‘gullet’, from stoma ‘mouth’. The early sense of the verb was ‘be offended at, resent’ (early 16th century). noun.1 phr.
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