1570s, "affecting inward feelings," from Middle French viscéral and directly from Medieval Latin visceralis "internal," from Latin viscera, plural of viscus "internal organ, inner parts of the body," of unknown origin. The bowels were regarded as the seat of emotion. The figurative sense vanished after 1640 and the literal sense is first recorded in 1794. The figurative sense was revived 1940s in arts criticism.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. She had a visceral dislike of all things foreign.
凡是外國(guó)的東西,她都打心眼兒里討厭。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. I never overcame a visceral antipathy for the monarchy.
我從未能夠消除內(nèi)心對(duì)君主政體的反感。
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Visceral processing helps us make rapid decisions about what is good, bad, safe, or dangerous.