英语词汇“gut”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

gutgut1 /gʌt/ ●●○ noun

ETYMOLOGYgut¹

Origin: Old English guttas (plural)

COLLOCATIONS► have the guts to

Rich didn’t have the guts to say what he really thought.

► beer gut

Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer).

1a gut reaction/feeling/instinct etc. informal a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right although you cannot give a reason for it: My gut reaction is that it’s a bad idea.2COURAGE guts [plural] informal the courage you need to do something difficult or something that you do not want to do: Rich didn’t have the guts to say what he really thought.3STOMACH [countable] informal your stomach: He hit me right in the gut. Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer).4INSIDE YOUR BODY not technical a)guts [plural] the organs inside your body, especially the intestines b)[countable] the tube through which food passes when it leaves your stomach SYN intestine5at gut level if you know or feel something at gut level, you feel sure about it, although you can not give a reason for it: She knew at gut level that he was lying.6work/run etc. your guts out informal to work, run, etc. very hard7MACHINE/EQUIPMENT guts [plural] informal the parts inside a machine, piece of equipment, factory, etc.: The guts of the airplane were torn out by the explosion.8MOST IMPORTANT PARTS guts [plural] informal the most important or basic parts of something: the guts of the problem9STRING [uncountable] a type of strong string made from the intestine of an animal[Origin: Old English guttas (plural)] → see also blood-and-guts, bust a gut at bust1 (5), catgut, hate somebody’s guts at hate1 (2), spill your guts at spill1 (5)

noun | verb

gutgut2 verb (gutted, gutting) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

gut

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gut
	he, she, it	guts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	gutted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have gutted
	he, she, it	has gutted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had gutted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gut
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have gutted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am gutting
	he, she, it	is gutting
	you, we, they	are gutting
Past	I, he, she, it	was gutting
	you, we, they	were gutting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been gutting
	he, she, it	has been gutting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been gutting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be gutting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been gutting

1to completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire: The fire gutted St. Mary’s Church.2to change something by removing some of the most important parts: Democrats have gutted the anti-crime bill.3to remove the organs from inside a fish or animal in order to prepare it for cooking: Gut and clean all the fish before cooking.