viscera

/ˈvɪsərə/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈvɪsərə/ (ame, ipa)

viscera — noun

1. the main soft organs in the chest and belly, such as the heart, lungs, stomach,

1.名詞C2
釋義

the main soft organs in the chest and belly, such as the heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines

例句

The fall from the horse badly damaged Beatriz's viscera.

medical use: damage the viscera

Surgeons checked whether the knife had reached the viscera.

pattern: reach the viscera

同義詞
  • internal organs

    the usual neutral term in everyday or non-specialist writing

  • entrails

    more strongly focused on the intestines and often more graphic or literary

  • guts

    an informal word that can mean the intestines or the stomach area

  • innards

    informal and vivid, often used for the inside parts of an animal or person

文法句型

damage the viscera

injury to the viscera

abdominal viscera

用法筆記

Usually plural and mostly found in medical, legal, or anatomical writing. In everyday English, people more often name the organ directly or say internal organs.

常見錯誤

❌The surgeon removed one viscera after the blast.
✅The surgeon removed one organ after the blast.
💡viscera names the organs as a group, so one part is an organ, not 'one viscera'.