| 单词 | belly |
| 释义 | belly —bellylike, adj. /bel"ee/, n. , pl. bellies, v. , bellied, bellying. n. 1. the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen. 2. the stomach with its adjuncts. 3. appetite or capacity for food; gluttony. 4. the womb. 5. the inside or interior of anything: the belly of a ship. 6. a protuberant or bulging surface of anything: the belly of a flask. 7. Anat. the fleshy part of a muscle. 8. the front, inner, or under surface or part, as distinguished from the back. 9. the front surface of a violin or similar instrument. 10. a bulge on a vertical surface of fresh concrete. 11. the underpart of the fuselage of an airplane. v.t. 12. to fill out; swell: Wind bellied the sails. v.i. 13. to swell out: Sails bellying in the wind. 14. to crawl on one's belly: soldiers bellying through a rice paddy. 15. belly up to, Informal. a. to approach closely, esp. until one is in physical contact: to belly up to a bar. b. to curry favor from: Would you have gotten the promotion if you hadn't bellied up to the boss? 16. go or turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail: After years of barely surviving on donations, the neighborhood social club finally went belly up. [bef. 950; ME bely, OE belig, belg bag, skin; c. G Balg, Goth balgs, ON belgr sack; akin to Welsh bol(a), boly, Ir bolg sack, belly, bellows, Serbo-Croatian blàzina, Latvian pabàlsts, Avestan baraziš-, Pers balish cushion] |
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