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同样是肠子 intestine和bowel有什么区别

① 从一般意义上而言, bowel和intestine相同,intestine是The portion of the alimentary c*** extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consisting of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. 即包括大小肠;而bowel =The intestine;

② 但bowel也特指A part or pision of the intestine,即肠的一部分,而且解剖上特指是esp the large intestine in man,即人类的大肠。

③ 除了生理意思, intestine还有internal,或civil的意思,即内部事务的含义;而bowel则是he interior of something,物体的内部; intestine趋于抽象事物,而bowel则偏于具体的事物。