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Belly ˈbeli Part Stomach Literary Informal Company Noun

The word "belly" refers to the stomach or abdomen, often used informally or in a literary context in British English. It can also describe the rounded part of an object, and in phrases like "go belly up," it means to fail completely, typically referring to a business.

The word "belly" refers to the stomach or abdomen, often used informally or in a literary context in British English. It can also describe the rounded part of an object, and in phrases like "go belly up" it means to fail completely, usually in a business context.

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/be̱li/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
beer belly
pot belly
胃,腹部(在英国英语中属于非正式或文学用语) The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
  [with poss]
  • She laid her hands on her swollen belly...

    她把双手放在自己隆起的肚子上。

  • ...a horse with its belly ripped open...

    一匹被开膛破肚的马

  • You'll eat so much your belly'll be like a barrel.

    你会吃得肚子鼓鼓的,像个大酒桶。

2
[PHRASE 短语]资不抵债;无力偿还债务 If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
  [V inflects]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.

    我绝对不能眼睁睁地看着这家公司垮掉。


Oxford belly / ˈbeli ; NAmE ˈbeli /
noun
,
verb
belly bellies bellied bellying
noun ( plural bellies ) 1 the part of the body below the chest 腹部;肚子 SYN
stomach
SYN
gut
They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。 see also
beer belly
,
pot belly
at pot-bellied
2 ( literary) the round or curved part of an object (物体的)圆形或凸起部份 the belly of a ship 船腹 3 -bellied ( in adjectives 构成形容词 ) having the type of bellymentioned 腹部…形的 swollen-bellied 腹部肿胀的 round-bellied 肚子圆圆的 IDIOM go belly ˈup ( informal) to fail completely 彻底失败;垮掉;完蛋 Last year the business went belly up after one of the partners resigned. 去年一位合伙人退出后,这家企业就垮掉了。
verb ( bel·lies , belly·ing , bel·lied , bel·lied ) [intransitive ] belly(out) (especially of sails 尤指船帆 ) to fill with air and become rounder 胀满;鼓起 belly / ˈbeli ; NAmE ˈbeli /
LDC
belly1 noun
belly2 verb
bellybel‧ly1 /ˈbeli/ ●●○ noun (plural bellies) [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
1 a)your stomach:  a full belly b)British English the front part of your body between your chest and your legs SYN  abdomen:  She was lying on her belly.2the middle part of an animal’s body, near its stomach3 literary a curved or rounded part of an object:  the belly of a plane4black-bellied/fat-bellied/big-bellied etc having a black, fat, big etc stomach5go belly up informal if a business or company goes belly up, it stops operating because it cannot pay its debts
beer belly
, potbelly
belly1 noun
belly2 verb
bellybelly2 (also belly out) verb (past tense and past participle bellied, present participle bellying, third person singular bellies) [intransitive] literary
Collocations
Phrases
to fill with air and become rounder in shape
WDF

belly

[ˈbeli]bellied, bellying, bellies

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bellies[1400]
腹部(94%),膨胀(6%)
n.腹部;胃;食欲
vt.使鼓起
vi.涨满;鼓起
n.(Belly)人名;(法、意、葡)贝利

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