n.
    
      - 腸,腸子[U]
 
      - 內臟[P]
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stick a bayonet into a man's 
guts將刺刀戳入一人的內臟
 
      - 【口】勇氣,膽量,毅力[P]
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a man with plenty of 
guts相當有魄力的人
 
      - 【口】內容,本質,實質[P]
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His speech had no 
guts in it.
他的演說沒有實質內容。
 
      - 腸線,羊腸線[U]
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The fishing line is made of 
gut.
釣魚線是羊腸線做的。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 取出內臟
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Gut the rabbit before you cook it.
燒煮之前先把兔子的內臟取出。
  
      - 損毀(房屋等)的內部裝置[H]
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The factory was 
gutted by flames.
那家工廠被燒毀了。
 
    
    a.
    
      - 本質的,根本的;極重要的
 
      - 容易的,簡單的
 
      - 直覺的
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My immediate 
gut feeling was to refuse.
我本能的直接反應是拒絕。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    bust a gut
    
      - 努力(做某事)
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He's been staying up all nights, 
busting a gut over all the work he has to do.
他一連幾天熬夜,拼命做所有該做的事。
 
    
    hate sb.'s guts
    
      - 對某人恨之入骨
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Dick said that he 
hated Fred's guts.
迪克說他對弗雷德恨之入骨。
 
    
    have the guts
    
      - 有膽量;有勇氣
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He 
had the guts to admit that he was wrong.
他有認錯的勇氣。
 
    
    sweat/work/slog one's guts out
    
      - 拼命工作
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I'm not going to 
sweat my guts out for only $10 a day.
我不會為一天十美元去賣命的。
 
    
    have someone's guts for garters
    
      - 嚴厲懲罰某人
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He had to finish it before lunchtime or else they would 
have his guts for garters.
他非得在午飯前做完這事,要不他們會抽他的筋。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
      - the stomach or belly. 
▸Medicine  & Biology  the intestine.
 ▸
(guts)
 entrails that have been removed or exposed.
 ▸fibre from the intestines of animals, used especially for violin or racket strings.
 - 
(guts)
 the internal parts or essence of something.
 - 
(guts)
 informal used in names attributing negative characteristics:
 greedy guts.
 - 
(guts)
 informal courage and determination.
 - 
[as modifier]
 informal (of a feeling or reaction) instinctive.
 - a narrow passage or strait.
 
v.
 (guts, gutting, gutted)
  - remove the internal organs of (a fish or other animal) before cooking.
 - remove or destroy the internal parts of (a structure).
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - bust a gut
 informal make a strenuous effort.  - hate someone's guts
 informal dislike someone intensely.  - have someone's guts for garters
 Brit. humorous used as a threat of punishment.  - sweat 
(or work)
 one's guts out
 informal work extremely hard. 
   
  Etymology
  OE guttas (pl.), prob. rel. to gēotan ‘pour’.