| 单词 | visceral |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['visərəl] |
| 解释 | adj. 内心深处的；内脏的 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | visceral (adj.) 1570s, "affecting inward feelings," from Middle French viscéral and directly from Medieval Latin visceralis "internal," from Latin viscera, plural of viscus "internal organ, inner parts of the body," of unknown origin. The bowels were regarded as the seat of emotion. The figurative sense vanished after 1640 and the literal sense is first recorded in 1794. The figurative sense was revived 1940s in arts criticism. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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