bowels
腸
解説 Definition
bowels は bowel（腸）の複数形です。主に体内の腸を指し、医学的・日常的な文脈のどちらでも使われます。
Bowels is the plural of bowel and refers to the intestines, especially considered collectively as the organs through which digested food and waste pass. The term occurs in both everyday and medical contexts, including discussions of intestinal health, pain, and bowel movements.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bowels は可算名詞 bowel「腸」の複数形で、語尾に規則的な -s を付け、発音は bowel /ˈbaʊəl/ に /z/ が加わる /ˈbaʊəlz/ です。腸全体をまとめて指すときに複数形がよく使われ、healthy bowels、move one’s bowels、pain in the bowels などの医学・日常表現で覚えます。
Treat bowels as the regular plural of bowel: simply add -s in spelling, pronounced /z/, so /ˈbaʊəl/ becomes /ˈbaʊəlz/. English often uses the plural when speaking collectively about the intestines, as in healthy bowels, pain in the bowels, or move one’s bowels. Imagine the long intestinal tract as several connected sections rather than a single point; this makes the common plural natural. Gut is more informal and can refer broadly to the digestive tract, while intestines is the clearer anatomical alternative. Do not confuse bowel with bowl, a container.
例文
The doctor checked his bowels carefully.
医師は彼の腸を慎重に調べました。
Fiber helps keep the bowels healthy.
食物繊維は腸を健康に保つ助けになります。
She asked the nurse about pain in her bowels.
彼女は腸の痛みについて看護師に尋ねました。
bowels の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語boelsを経て、ラテン語botulus（ソーセージ）に指小辞-ellusが付いた形に由来します。腸の管状の形がソーセージに似ていたため、このように呼ばれるようになりました。同じ語根を持つものにbotulism（ボツリヌス症）があります。
Bowels is the plural of bowel. Bowel entered English through Old French boel, from a Latin diminutive form related to botulus, meaning “sausage.” The historical comparison reflects the long, tubular shape of the intestines. The same Latin noun is also behind botulism, named through its association with sausage. English later came to use bowel for an intestine and bowels collectively for the intestinal organs.
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