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intestine

noun
🔊/ɪnˈtestɪn/
🔊/ɪnˈtestɪn/
(also intestines [plural])
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  1. a long tube in the body between the stomach and the anus. Food passes from the stomach to the small intestine and from there to the large intestine.肠
    • bacteria in the small intestine小肠中的细菌
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • small
    • lower
    • …
    preposition
    • along the intestine
    • in the intestine
    • through the intestine
    • …
    phrases
    • the wall of the intestine
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intestinum, neuter of intestinus, from intus ‘within’.