bowel
bowel — 名詞
- bowelsingular
- bowelsplural
1. the long, soft tube inside your body, below the stomach, where food is broken do
腸；腸道
胃以下的長管狀消化器官
the long, soft tube inside your body, below the stomach, where food is broken down further and waste is gathered before leaving the body.
Roya went to hospital after sharp pain in her lower bowel kept her awake all night.
Roya 因為下腸劇痛整晚睡不著，後來去了醫院。
anatomical location: lower / upper bowel
The surgeon removed a small tumour from Gabriel's bowel during a two-hour operation.
醫師在兩小時的手術中，從 Gabriel 的腸子裡切除了一顆小腫瘤。
collocation: tumour / cancer of the bowel
Eating more vegetables and drinking water can keep your bowel healthy.
多吃蔬菜、多喝水可以讓你的腸道保持健康。
Doctors found that Yan was born with a twist in his small bowel.
醫師發現 Yan 出生時小腸就有一處扭轉。
Long-term stress can upset the bowel and cause pain or bloating.
長期的壓力可能讓腸道不適，引起疼痛或脹氣。
文法句型
the + bowel(s)
in the bowel
用法筆記
Often appears in compounds describing parts or conditions of this organ: small bowel, large bowel, bowel cancer, bowel disease. Plural 'bowels' refers to the same organ as a whole, not to a quantity.
常見錯誤
2. in clinical talk between medical staff and patients, the act of releasing solid
排便
醫護人員對解大便這個動作的用語
in clinical talk between medical staff and patients, the act of releasing solid waste from the body — heard mainly in fixed phrases such as 'open the bowels' or 'move the bowels'.
The nurse asked Beatrix whether she had opened her bowels since the operation.
護理師詢問 Beatrix 開刀後有沒有排便。
fixed phrase: open one's bowels
Patients on this medicine often cannot move their bowels for two or three days.
服用這種藥的病人，往往兩三天都無法排便。
fixed phrase: move one's bowels
Doctor Rohan wrote in the notes that the child had not emptied his bowels for a week.
Rohan 醫師在病歷上寫，這名孩子已經一週沒有排便。
If you cannot open your bowels at all for several days, please tell the ward staff.
如果你連續好幾天都無法排便，請告訴病房的工作人員。
- bowel movement
the noun phrase commonly used by patients and doctors alike
- defecation
very formal medical term
文法句型
open one's bowels
move one's bowels
用法筆記
Only appears with a small set of verbs ('open', 'move', 'empty') and a possessive ('your', 'her', 'his'). Outside hospital and clinic talk, English speakers normally say 'go to the toilet' or 'have a bowel movement'.
常見錯誤
3. the part of a place that lies furthest inside, away from the surface or entrance
深處；內部
船、建築或地底等大型空間的最深處
the part of a place that lies furthest inside, away from the surface or entrance — used in a literary way, for example about the inside of a ship, a building, or the earth.
Lakan crawled down into the bowels of the old wooden ship to fix the engine.
Lakan 爬進這艘老木船的深處去修引擎。
fixed phrase: the bowels of + ship / building
Hot, dark water rushed up from the bowels of the earth and filled the cave.
又熱又黑的水從地底深處湧上來，灌滿了整個洞穴。
literary: bowels of the earth
The bowels of the museum hide ancient pots that visitors never see.
博物館深處藏著一些古老的陶罐，遊客從來看不到。
Imani led the children deep into the bowels of the cave with a small torch.
Imani 拿著小手電筒，帶著孩子們走進洞穴的深處。
- surface
the outer layer, opposite of the deep inside
文法句型
the bowels of + noun
用法筆記
Almost always 'the bowels of [something large]' — a ship, a mountain, the earth, a big building. Singular 'bowel' is not used in this meaning. Common in adventure stories and news writing about disasters.