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a long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the middle part of your body 腰帶；皮帶 
to do up/fasten/tighten a belt 系上／紮牢／紮緊腰帶 a belt buckle 腰帶扣 a studded leather belt 飾釘裝飾的皮帶 Around his waist he wore a belt. 他腰間系着一條腰帶。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
- wide
- thick
- …
- buckle
- do up
- fasten
- …
- buckle
- loop
- holster
- …
a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive a machine 傳送帶；傳動帶 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- conveyor
- drive
- fan
- …
a narrow area or an area around the edge of something that has particular characteristics 地帶；地區 the country’s corn/industrial belt 這個國家的産糧區／工業區 We live in the commuter belt. 我們住在通勤者居住帶。 a narrow belt of trees 狹長的林帶 a belt of rain moving across the country 橫穿這個國家的降雨帶 Towns in the country's industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession. 位於該國工業區的城鎮受到經濟蕭條的影響尤其大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- narrow
- …
- belt of
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an act of hitting something/somebody hard 狠打；猛擊
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.
Idioms
below the belt
belt and braces
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taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should 雙管齊下；多重保障 a belt-and-braces policy 穩妥可靠的政策
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- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
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- signed and sealed
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- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
have something under your belt
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to have already achieved or obtained something 已經獲得某物
tighten your belt
to spend less money because there is less available 勒緊腰帶（省吃儉用） With price increases on most goods, everyone is having to tighten their belt. 随着大多數商品的價格上漲，每個人都不得不勒緊腰帶。 There is a need for further belt-tightening. 有必要進一步緊縮開支。