The word "gut" has multiple meanings including internal organs, the digestive tract, courage, intuition, and informally, a stomach. It can also be used as a verb meaning to remove internal organs or destroy the inside of a building. Several idioms are also associated with the word, such as "work your guts out" for working hard.
The word "gut" has multiple meanings. It can refer to the organs inside a person or animal (guts), the digestive tract (the gut), courage or determination (guts), and intuition (a gut feeling). It can also be used as a verb meaning to remove the internal organs of an animal or fish, or to destroy the interior of a building. Informally, it can refer to one's stomach, especially a large one, and idioms like "work your guts out" mean to work very hard.
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]内脏 A person's or animal's guts are all the organs inside them.
By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
到他们完工时，船员站的地方鱼内脏已堆至脚踝。
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[VERB 动词]取出（动物或鱼）的内脏（以备烹饪） When someone guts a dead animal or fish, they prepare it for cooking by removing all the organs from inside it.
[V n]
It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.
冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
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[N-SING 单数名词]肠；消化道The gut is the tube inside the body of a person or animal through which food passes while it is being digested.
[the/poss N]
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]勇气；胆量；决心Guts is the will and courage to do something which is difficult or unpleasant, or which might have unpleasant results.
[INFORMAL 非正式]
The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases...
新总理有勇气推动不受欢迎的增税方案获得通过。
It takes more guts than I've usually got to go and see him.
我需要鼓起更大的勇气去见他。
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[N-SING 单数名词]直觉；本能；感性 A gut feeling is based on instinct or emotion rather than reason.
[usu N n]
Let's have your gut reaction to the facts as we know them.
请告诉我们你对我们所了解的这些事实的本能反应。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
beer gut
；（尤指大而凸出的）肚子 You can refer to someone's stomach as their gut, especially when it is very large and sticks out.
[usu sing]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
His gut sagged out over his belt.
他肚子上的赘肉堆在皮带上方。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]核心成分；本质；实质 The guts of something, for example a subject or a machine, are the key elements of it, which make it work.
[N of n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
She has a reputation for getting at the guts of a subject and never pulling her punches...
她以善抓问题实质、说话一针见血著称。
The guts of the reactor have to be hauled out of the pressure vessel.
核反应堆的核心构件必须从压力罩中取出来。
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[VERB 动词]损毁（建筑物）的内部 To gut a building means to destroy the inside of it so that only its outside walls remain.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived...
本周，一颗燃烧弹炸毁了一栋有60位居民的楼房。
A factory stands gutted and deserted.
一座内部被毁的废置工厂矗立在那里。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（用于制作球拍的网线、小提琴弦等的）肠线Gut is string made from part of the stomach of an animal. Traditionally, it is used to make the strings of sports rackets or musical instruments such as violins.
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See also:
gutted
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[PHRASE 短语]努力（做…) To bust a gut means to work very hard trying to achieve something.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You can bust a gut sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, but if your product is lousy, you've wasted your time.
你可以一周7天、一天16小时地拼命劳作，但是如果产品质量低劣，你就白费时间了。
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[PHRASE 短语]对…恨之入骨 If you hate someone's guts, you dislike them very much indeed.
[V inflects]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
We hate each other's guts.
我们彼此恨之入骨。
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[PHRASE 短语]告密；把所知和盘托出；倾诉心里话 If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
People call in and just spill their guts about whatever's bothering them on the job or in a relationship.
人们打进电话，就是要将工作或感情上的所有困扰倾诉出来。
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[PHRASE 短语]拼命工作；拼命干活 If you say that you are working your guts out or slogging your guts out, you are emphasizing that you are working as hard as you can.
[V inflects]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Most have worked their guts out and made sacrifices.
大部分人都拼命工作，作出了很大的牺牲。
Oxford
gut/ɡʌt; NAmEɡʌt/
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gutgutsguttedguttingnoun1[countable ]the tube in the body through which food passes when it leaves the stomach 消化道；肠道SYN
intestine
2guts[plural ]the organs in and around the stomach, especially in an animal （尤指动物的）内脏◆I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed.我只烧先去掉内脏的鱼。3[countable ]( informal) a person's stomach, especially when it is large （尤指大的）胃，肚子SYN
belly
◆Have you seen the gut on him!你看到他那大肚子了吧！◆a beer gut(= caused by drinking beer)啤酒肚4guts[plural ]( informal) the courage and determination that it takes to do sth difficult or unpleasant 勇气；胆量；决心；毅力◆He doesn't have the gutsto walk away from a well-paid job. 他没胆量辞去一份报酬优厚的工作。5[countable , usually plural ]the place where your natural feelings that make you react in a particular way are thought to be 内心；直觉；本能◆I had a feeling in my gutsthat something was wrong. 我内里感到出了事。6guts[plural ]the most important part of sth 核心；实质；要点◆the guts of the problem问题的实质7[uncountable ]=
catgut
IDIOMShave sb's ˌguts for ˈgarters( BrE) ( informal) to be very angry with sb and punish them severely for sth they have done 恨死，严惩（某人）slog/sweat/work your ˈguts out( informal) to work very hard to achieve sth 拚命工作；拚命干活◆I slogged my guts out for the exam.我为这次考试命都豁出去了。☞more at
bust
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greedy
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hate
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spill
v.verb(-tt-)1[usually passive ]gutsth to destroy the inside or contents of a building or room 损毁（建筑物或房屋的）内部◆a factory gutted by fire内部被火焚毁的工厂◆The house was completely gutted.这房子里的东西全部被毁。2gutsth to remove the organs from inside a fish or an animal to prepare it for cooking 取出…的内脏（以便烹饪）adjective[only before noun ]based on feelings and emotions rather than thought and reason 以感情为基础的；非理性的；本能的◆a gut feeling/reaction本能的感觉╱反应◆You have to work on gut instinct.你得凭借你的直觉工作。gut/ɡʌt; NAmEɡʌt/
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gut1 noun
gut2 verb
gutgut1 /ɡʌt/ ●●○ noun
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1gut reaction/feeling/instinct informal a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it: He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying.2courage guts [plural] informal the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant: It takes guts to start a new business on your own.have the guts (to do something) No one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making.3inside your bodya)guts [plural] all the organs in someone’s body, especially when they have come out of their body: There were blood and guts all over the place.b)[countable] the tube through which food passes from your stomachSYN intestine: It can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut.4stomach [countable] informal someone’s stomach, especially when it is largeSYN belly: He felt as if someone had just kicked him in the gut. Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer).5string [uncountable] a type of strong string made from the intestine of an animal, and used for musical instruments such as violins →
catgut
6machine/equipment guts [plural] informal the parts inside a machine or piece of equipment7most important parts guts [plural] informal the most important or basic parts of somethinggut of the guts of the problem8work/sweat your guts out (also slog your guts out British English) informal to work very hard9at gut level if you know something at gut level, you feel sure about it, though you could not give a reason for it: She knew at gut level that he was guilty.10I’ll have somebody’s guts for garters British English informal used to say that you would like to punish someone severely for something they have done →
blood-and-guts
, → bust a gut
at bust1(3)
, → hate somebody’s guts
at hate1(2)
, → spill your guts
at spill1(4)
gut1 noun
gut2 verb
gutgut2 verb (past tense and past participle gutted, present participle gutting) [transitive]
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1to completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire: The building was gutted by fire.GRAMMARGut is often passive in this meaning.2to remove the organs from inside a fish or animal in order to prepare it for cooking3to change something by removing some of the most important or central parts →