intestinal

/ɪnˈtestɪnl/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈtestɪnl/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈte-stə-nᵊl -ˈtes(t)-nəl, -ˈte-sᵊn-əl British often ˌin-(ˌ)te-ˈstī-nᵊl/ (ame, mw)

intestinal — adjective

  • intestinalpositive
  • more intestinalcomparative
  • most intestinalsuperlative

1. describes a problem, illness, or body process that happens inside the long tube

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describes a problem, illness, or body process that happens inside the long tube in your stomach area where food is broken down and absorbed.

例句

Doctors at the hospital treated Owen for a serious intestinal infection.

collocation: intestinal infection

The new medicine helps reduce intestinal pain after large meals.

collocation: intestinal pain

同義詞
  • enteric

    more technical; common in medical research

  • gut

    informal; used as a noun modifier (gut bacteria) in everyday writing

文法句型

intestinal + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used directly before a noun (intestinal infection, intestinal wall, intestinal lining). Common in medical contexts; not used after 'be' to describe a person.

常見錯誤

❌My stomach is intestinal.
✅I have an intestinal problem.
💡'intestinal' describes a body part, illness, or process, not how a person feels.