/'baʊəl; `bauəl/
n (usu pl, except in medical use and when used attributively 除用作医学名词及修饰语外, 通常作复数)
1 part of the alimentary canal below the stomach; intestine 肠
*[attrib 作定语] a bowel complaint/disorder 腹泻[肠道疾患]
* cancer of the bowel 肠癌
* move one's bowels, ie defecate 大便（通便）.
2 deepest or innermost part (of a place) （某处的）最深的或最靠里面的部分
*in the bowels of the earth, ie deep underground 在地下深处.

n
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: boel, from Medieval Latin botellus, from Latin botulus; BOTULISM]
bowels [plural]
the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body
→intestine
move/empty/open your bowels
(=get rid of solid waste from your body)
[singular]
one part of this system of tubes
　cancer of the bowel
a bowel movement
formal the act of getting rid of solid waste from your body
the bowels of sth
literary the lowest or deepest part of something
the bowels of the earth
(=deep under the ground)