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单词 paunch
释义 paunch
I. \ˈpȯnch, ˈpänch, ˈpȧnch\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English paunche, from Middle French pance, panche, from Latin pantic-, pantex; perhaps akin to Old Slavic pǫčiti (sę) to inflate
1.
 a. : the belly and its contents
 b. : potbelly
  < a comfortable paunch swelled out beneath the buttons of his dinner jacket — Hamilton Basso >
2.
 a. : rumen
 b. chiefly dialect : tripe — usually used in plural
3.
 a. : paunch mat
 b. : a thin shield of wood on a mast that permits the lower yards to slide easily over the hoops
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
1. : to wound in the stomach
 < with a log batter his skull or paunch him with a stake — Shakespeare >
2. obsolete : to stuff the stomach of with food and drink
3. : to open the paunch of : eviscerate
 < rabbits must not be paunched out of doors in hot weather — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox >
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