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- the internal organ in which the first part of digestion occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine胃。
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- each of four such organs in a ruminant (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum)（反刍动物的）四胃之一。
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- any of a number of analogous organs in lower animals（低级动物的）类胃器官。
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- 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。
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- in sing. 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。
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- in sing. [usu. 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。
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- 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。
with obj.(一般作cannot stomach)
1- consume (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。
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- 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。
短语
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）。
- ORIGIN: translating French c'est la soupe qui fait le soldat, a maxim of Napoleon.
on a full（或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。
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。
派生词
stomachful
noun （pl. -fuls）词源
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 cent.）.