| 单词 | belly |
| 释义 | belly (once / 609 pages) nv Your belly is your stomach. If you have a belly ache, you have a pain in your abdomen. 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." WORD FAMILYbelly: bellied, bellies, bellyful, bellying, bellyless, underbelly+/bellyful: bellyfuls/bellying: bellyingly/underbelly: underbellies USAGE EXAMPLESHis only resemblance to Santa is his white hair and his deep belly laugh. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) One of the first scenes shows her preparing to navigate customs by wrapping a loose cloth around her pregnant belly. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) A morsel of tempura-fried geoduck belly dipped in oyster mayonnaise was the most unforgettable bite at Scout’s chef’s counter. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis Syn|Hypo|Hyper abdomen, stomach, venter underbelly, underbody the soft belly or underside of an animal's body body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 2n the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish Hyper underpart a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body 3n a protruding abdomen Syn|Hypo|Hyper paunch bay window, corporation, pot, potbelly, tummy slang for a paunch adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs 4n a part that bulges deeply the belly of a sail Hyper bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings 5n the hollow inside of something in the belly of the ship Hyper inside, interior the inner or enclosed surface of something 6v swell out or bulge out Syn|Hyper belly out intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce expand abnormally |
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