gut Значение & определение

Значение на gut на български

• 0 the long tube in the body of a person or animal, through which food moves during the process of digesting food:

  • Meat stays in the gut longer than vegetable matter.

  • He's got a huge beer gut (= large stomach caused by drinking beer).

  • My guts hurt.

  • He got a knife in the guts.

• 1 a strong belief about someone or something that cannot completely be explained and does not have to be decided by reasoning:

  • I have a gut feeling that the relationship won't last.

  • My head said that I should go but my gut said I should stay.

  • I went with my gut and chose Sarah to lead the team.

• 2 courage in dealing with danger or uncertainty:

  • [ + to infinitive ] It takes a lot of guts to admit to so many people that you've made a mistake.

• 3 to destroy the inside of a building completely, usually by fire:

  • A fire gutted the bookshop last week.

• 4 to remove the inner organs of an animal, especially in preparation for eating it:

  • She gutted the fish and cut off their heads.

• 5 the bowels or the stomach:

  • [ U ] I had a feeling of sickness deep in the gut.

  • [ C usually sing ] He’d added a few extra pounds to his gut.

  • [ pl ] The front panel was attached to the guts of the unit by three color-coded wires.

• 6 coming from or having to do with your emotions, not from thought:

  • My gut reaction is we’d better not get involved.

• 7 to destroy or remove the inside parts of a building:

  • The warehouse was gutted – only the charred walls remained.