| 单词 | armpit |
| 释义 | armpit (once / 6523 pages) n Your armpit is the area underneath your upper arm, where it connects to your shoulder. Armpits tend to be smelly, so we would advise to steer clear of an open armpit on a bus or subway. Another common word for armpit is "underarm," while the official anatomical term is axilla. Perhaps because your armpits tend to get sweaty and a little smelly after you exercise, the word armpit is sometimes used as a derogatory term for an unattractive place: "That city is so ugly it's the armpit of New Jersey." Before armpit, the axilla was known as an arm-hole. WORD FAMILYarmpit: armpits USAGE EXAMPLES“Some people didn’t have carts. Some just had stuff all up to their armpits, carrying them and running.” Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) Deep in the armpits of August, I heard Miranda Lambert tell an overheated Maryland crowd something really cool. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) When we woke at lunchtime, the tangy air smelled of warm feet, booze and armpits. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2016) n the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder they were up to their armpits in water Syn|Hyper axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa bodily cavity, cavity, cavum (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body |
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