stom·ach /ˈstʌmək, mɪk/
 胃,食慾,慾望,肚子(vt.)消化,忍受


 stom·ach /ˈstəmək, ɪk/ 名詞
 胃,中腸(無脊椎動物)


 Stom·ach n.
 1. Anat. An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.
 2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
 3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
 He which hath no stomach to this fight,
 Let him depart.   --Shak.
 4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
    Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.   --Spenser.
    This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent.   --Locke.
 5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
 He was a man
 Of an unbounded stomach.   --Shak.
 Stomach pump Med., a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it.
 Stomach tube Med., a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach.
 Stomach worm Zool., the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.


 Stom·ach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stomached p. pr. & vb. n. Stomaching.]
 1. To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
    The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront.   --L'Estrange.
    The Parliament sit in that body . . . to be his counselors and dictators, though he stomach it.   --Milton.
 2. To bear without repugnance; to brook. [Colloq.]


 Stom·ach, v. i. To be angry. [Obs.]

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 stomach
      n 1: an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary
           canal; the principal organ of digestion [syn: tummy, tum,
            breadbasket]
      2: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
         and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, belly]
      3: an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or
         difficulty or unpleasantness; "he had no stomach for a
         fight"
      4: an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for
         dinner"
      v 1: bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish"
      2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
         his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure
         a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate
         the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable
         marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, bear, stand,
          tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, {put
         up]