the part of the body below the chest synonym stomach, gut see also beer belly, pot belly腹部;肚子 Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1He's so fat, his belly hangs over his trousers. 他肥胖得褲子上垂着個大肚子。 I filled my belly with a sausage sandwich. 我用一個香腸三明治填飽了肚子。 She felt the child in her belly kick. 她感覺肚子裏的孩子在踢她。
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 (物體的)圓形或凸起部分 the belly of a ship 船腹
- -bellied
(in adjectives )構成形容詞 having the type of belly mentioned 腹部…形的 swollen-bellied 腹部腫脹的 round-bellied 肚子圓圓的
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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: 渴望達到目標的強烈願望You need fire in your belly if you want to make it in the music business. 如果你想在音樂行業取得成功,你需要有勇氣。
go belly up
- (informal)
to fail completely Topics Difficulty and failurec2徹底失敗;垮掉;完蛋