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单词 catgut
释义

Definition of catgut in English:

catgut

noun ˈkatɡʌtˈkætˌɡət
mass noun
  • A material used for the strings of some musical instruments, made of the dried twisted intestines of sheep or horses (but not cats).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has complained that he ignored her warnings that she had a life threatening allergy to catgut when he performed a hysterectomy on her in 1997.
    • The endaural incision is closed with 510 plain catgut and the remaining canal is packed with BIPP impregnated gauze.
    • Only then can she appreciate Leopolda's definition of love as ‘brutalizing, a raw force, frail as blossoms, tough as catgut wire’.
    • Strings were made from catgut: animal lovers will be relieved to know that wire is used today.
    • The only instruments used in performing these nine tracks are ostensibly ones that need to be struck in order to make sound, whether the sticks be wood or strung with catgut or even just triangular pieces of plastic.
    • To get a group of people to produce this sort of racket from elephant ivory, bent wood and catgut is a testament to what human beings can achieve by co-operating with each other.
    • Earlier, patients had to buy all the essential items required for surgical operations such as gloves, catgut (surgical sutures), and even cleaning material like liquid iodine.
    • The practice is called hymenorraphy and, in some cultures, it is done using sheep's membrane, while others use catgut.
    • When the trauma is greater use a sterile strand of catgut and loop it so it is caught in the adjacent loop.
    • He left the surgery room and returned bringing with him the much-needed catgut to stitch the wound in the cat's side.
    • Easier, though, to quote JB Priestley: ‘To say that men paid their shillings to watch 22 hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.’
    • Women who consented to participate in the study were assigned randomly before labor to chromic catgut or fast-absorbing synthetic suture.
    • The strings, of catgut or wire, are all of the same length but of different thicknesses, and are all tuned to the same note.

Origin

Late 16th century: the association with cat1 remains unexplained.

 
 

Definition of catgut in US English:

catgut

nounˈkatˌɡətˈkætˌɡət
  • A material used for the strings of some musical instruments, made of the dried twisted intestines of sheep or horses (but not cats).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the trauma is greater use a sterile strand of catgut and loop it so it is caught in the adjacent loop.
    • The strings, of catgut or wire, are all of the same length but of different thicknesses, and are all tuned to the same note.
    • The endaural incision is closed with 510 plain catgut and the remaining canal is packed with BIPP impregnated gauze.
    • Women who consented to participate in the study were assigned randomly before labor to chromic catgut or fast-absorbing synthetic suture.
    • Strings were made from catgut: animal lovers will be relieved to know that wire is used today.
    • She has complained that he ignored her warnings that she had a life threatening allergy to catgut when he performed a hysterectomy on her in 1997.
    • The practice is called hymenorraphy and, in some cultures, it is done using sheep's membrane, while others use catgut.
    • Only then can she appreciate Leopolda's definition of love as ‘brutalizing, a raw force, frail as blossoms, tough as catgut wire’.
    • To get a group of people to produce this sort of racket from elephant ivory, bent wood and catgut is a testament to what human beings can achieve by co-operating with each other.
    • Earlier, patients had to buy all the essential items required for surgical operations such as gloves, catgut (surgical sutures), and even cleaning material like liquid iodine.
    • The only instruments used in performing these nine tracks are ostensibly ones that need to be struck in order to make sound, whether the sticks be wood or strung with catgut or even just triangular pieces of plastic.
    • He left the surgery room and returned bringing with him the much-needed catgut to stitch the wound in the cat's side.
    • Easier, though, to quote JB Priestley: ‘To say that men paid their shillings to watch 22 hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.’

Origin

Late 16th century: the association with cat remains unexplained.

 
 
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