英语单词 | belly |
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英美音标 | 英 ['beli] 美 ['beli] |
中文释义 | n.腹部 v.膨胀 |
英语例句 | (1) My belly is empty. (2) The robber stabbed the young man in the belly. (3) The boat carried with much cargo in its belly. (4) The belly of the animal is covered in long piercing spikes. (5) The sails bellied in the wind. |
中文例句 | (1) 我肚子饿了。 (2) 强盗刺伤了这名年轻人的腹部。 (3) 该船的舱里载了很多的货物。 (4) 这种动物的腹部长满了锋利的长刺。 (5) 帆在风中鼓得满满的。 |
vocabulary简明 | Your belly is your stomach. If you have a belly ache, you have a pain in your abdomen. |
vocabulary扩展 | Santa Claus is famous for his jolly laugh and his large belly. The word belly is a more casual way to say "stomach" or "abdomen," just as your navel is informally called a "belly button." A less common way to use the word is as a verb meaning "to swell," which is actually the oldest meaning of belly, from the Old English belig, "bag," and a Germanic root meaning "to swell like a bag." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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]
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]
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