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 > |