bow·el
noun/ˈbaʊəl/
/ˈbaʊəl/
- [countable, usually plural] the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach, especially the end where waste is collected before it is passed out of the body
肠 - (medical) to empty/move/open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body)
解大便 - bowel cancer/cancer of the bowel
肠癌 - Patients are asked to report any change in bowel habit.
病人被要求报告大便习惯的任何变化。 - irritable bowel syndrome
肠易激综合症
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- irritable
- …
- empty
- evacuate
- move
- …
- action
- function
- habit
- …
- in the bowel
- (medical) to empty/move/open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body)
- the bowels of something[plural] (literary) the part that is deepest inside something
内部最深处 - A rumble came from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground).
从地下深处传来隆隆的响声。
- A rumble came from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground).
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bouel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus ‘sausage’.