| 释义 |
the pit of your/the stomach the pit of the stomachAn area in the core of one's abdomen, approximately in or near one's stomach, in which one feels a physical response to strong emotion, especially fear, stress, or anxiety. The film leaves you with an awful feeling of dread in the pit of the stomach as you realize that, not only could something like that happen in real life, it could happen at any given second.See also: of, pit, stomachpit of one's stomachFig. the middle of one's stomach; the location of a "visceral response." I got a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach when they told me the bad news.See also: of, pit, stomachthe pit of your (or the) stomach an ill-defined region of the lower abdomen seen as the seat of strong feelings, especially anxiety.See also: of, pit, stomachthe pit of your/the ˈstomach the bottom of the stomach where people say they feel strong feelings, especially fear: He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.See also: of, pit, stomach |