- [countable]
the tube in the body through which food passes when it leaves the stomach 腸道；消化道 It can take up to 72 hours for food to pass through the gut. 食物需經多達72小時才能通過消化道。 I had a terrible pain in my guts after eating too many plums. 我李子吃得太多了，肚子疼得厲害。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- healthy
- pass through
- flora
- wall
- in the/your gut
- guts[plural]
the organs in and around the stomach, especially in an animal （尤指動物的）内髒 I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 魚若已收拾幹淨，我只需燒一下即可。 I don't like movies that are full of blood and guts (= that show a lot of blood and violence). 我不喜歡充滿血腥鏡頭的電影。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- blood and guts
- a pain in your gut
- a pain in your guts
- …
- [countable] (informal)
a person’s stomach, especially when it is large （尤指大的）胃，肚子 - guts[plural] (informal)
the courage and strength of mind that it takes to do something difficult or unpleasant 勇氣；膽量；決心；魄力 Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1It takes guts to keep on running even though you have blistered feet. 腳起泡後還能堅持跑下去，這需要極大的毅力。 She had the guts to stand up to the school bully. 她有膽量去對抗學校裏的小霸王。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + guts- have
- take
- [countable, usually plural]
the place where your natural feelings that make you react in a particular way are thought to be 内心；直覺；本能 - guts[plural]
the most important part of something 核心；實質；要點 the guts of the problem 問題的實質
- (also catgut)[uncountable]
thin strong string made from animals' intestines and used in making musical instruments, tennis rackets and medical equipment 腸： 由動物腸制成的細而堅固的線，用於制造樂器，網球拍和醫療設備
Word OriginOld English guttas (plural), probably related to gēotan ‘pour’.
Idioms
bust a gut (doing something/to do something)
(North American English also bust your butt/chops/hump, North American English, taboo, slang bust your ass)
- (informal)
to make a great effort to do something 努力（做某事） It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve. 沒有人會竭盡全力去解決這個問題。 I busted my chops to get into law school. 我拼盡全力想進法學院。 These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics. 這些人在賽場上拼盡全力，試圖在體育方面出類拔萃。
go with your gut
to make a decision based on something that you are certain about, even though you do not have any direct proof and cannot explain why you are certain 努力（做某事） I went with my gut and turned down the job. 我憑直覺拒絕了這份工作。
greedy guts
- (British English, informal)
used to refer to somebody who eats too much 貪吃的家夥 Make sure greedy guts doesn’t eat all the cake. 確保貪婪的腸子不會把蛋糕都吃光。
hate somebody’s guts
- (informal)
to dislike somebody very much 對某人恨之入骨
have somebody’s guts for garters
- (British English, informal)
to be very angry with somebody and punish them severely for something they have done 滿腔怒火地嚴懲（某人） She’ll have your guts for garters if she ever finds out. 如果她發現了，她會對你恨之入骨的。
slog/sweat/work your guts out
- (informal)
to work very hard to achieve something 拼命工作；拼命幹活
spill your guts (to somebody)
- (North American English, informal)
to tell somebody everything you know or feel about something, because you are upset （向某人）傾訴心裏話 He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography. 他在他的新自傳中傾吐了自己的心聲。