bowel

腸

食べ物から栄養を吸収し、不要なものを運ぶ管状の器官。

やさしい英語で： The long tubes inside your body that take useful things from food and carry away waste.

• The doctor asked about her bowel movements.
• This medicine helps you empty your bowels.
• Food passes through the bowel after leaving the stomach.

類義語： intestines, gut

よく使う表現： bowel movement, bowel health

腸

食べ物や不要なものが通る腸の、ある特定の部分。

やさしい英語で： A particular section of the tubes that carry food and waste through your body.

• The scan showed a blocked section of bowel.
• Surgeons removed part of the damaged bowel.
• The large bowel takes water from food waste.

類義語： intestine

よく使う表現： small bowel, large bowel

奥深く、内部

大きな場所や物の内部で、最も奥にある部分。

やさしい英語で： The deepest parts inside a large place or object.

• The engine rumbled in the bowels of the ship.
• They disappeared into the bowels of the old building.
• Water flowed through tunnels deep in the bowels of the earth.

使い方： the bowels of something (The treasure lay in the bowels of the castle.)

類義語： depths, interior

よく使う表現： bowel of something, bowel of the earth