the part of the body below the chest 腹部；肚子 Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1He's so fat, his belly hangs over his trousers. 他肥胖得裤子上垂着个大肚子。 I filled my belly with a sausage sandwich. 我用一个香肠三明治填饱了肚子。 She felt the child in her belly kick. 她感觉肚子里的孩子在踢她。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- full
- flat
- …
- pat
- rub
- scratch
- …
- bulge
- hang
- swell
- …
- in somebody’s belly
- (literary)
the round or curved part of an object （物体的）圆形或凸起部分 
the belly of a ship 船腹
- -bellied
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type of belly mentioned 腹部…形的 swollen-bellied 腹部肿胀的 round-bellied 肚子圆圆的
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Word OriginOld English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.
Idioms
fire in the/your belly
a very strong desire to achieve something 腹部： 渴望达到目标的强烈愿望You need fire in your belly if you want to make it in the music business. 如果你想在音乐行业取得成功，你需要有勇气。
go belly up
- (informal)
to fail completely 彻底失败；垮掉；完蛋