Stomach



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解释

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• v.吃得下, 容忍
• ［英］ v.吃得下, 容忍 ( to bear without overt reaction or resentment)
• ［类］ 反义词: refuse to tolerate ( 拒绝忍受)
• ［例］ I have had to stomach a lot of things I do not like. ( 我不得不容忍许多我不喜欢的东西)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English stomak, from Anglo-French estomac, from Latin stomachus gullet, esophagus, stomach, from Greek stomachos, from stoma mouth; akin to Middle Breton staffn mouth, Avestan staman-
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a dilatation of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum
    • (2) one of the compartments of a ruminant stomach <the abomasum is the fourth stomach of a ruminant>
  • b. a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a stomach
  • c. the part of the body that contains the stomach ; belly, abdomen
• 2.
  • a. desire for food caused by hunger ; appetite
  • b. inclination, desire <had no stomach for an argument>; also courage, guts
• 3. obsolete
  • a. spirit, valor
  • b. pride
  • c. spleen, resentment

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1523
• 1. archaic to take offense at
• 2. to bear without overt reaction or resentment ; put up with <couldn't stomach office politics>

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