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单词 belly button
释义

belly /belˈi/

noun
  1. The part of the body between the breast and the thighs, containing the intestines, etc
  2. The stomach, as the receptacle of the food
  3. The bowels
  4. The womb or uterus (archaic)
  5. The deep interior of anything
  6. The bulging part of anything, as of a bottle, or any concave or hollow surface, as of a sail
  7. The front or undersurface, as opposed to the back
  8. In a violin or a leaf, the upper surface
  9. A soundboard on a piano (music)
adjective
  1. Ventral, abdominal
  2. Belonging to the flesh, carnal (theology)
intransitive verb (pat and pap bellied /belˈid/)

To swell or bulge out (often with out)

ORIGIN: ME bali, bely, from OE bælig, belig, bælg, belg bag

bellˈied adjective

  1. With a belly, esp a big belly, pot-bellied
  2. Bulging
  3. Puffed out

bellˈyful noun (informal)

  1. A sufficiency
  2. More than enough

bellˈying noun and adjective

bellˈyache noun

  1. A pain in the belly
  2. A persistent complaint or whine (slang)

intransitive verb (slang)

To complain whiningly

bellˈyacher noun

bellˈy-band noun

  1. A saddle-girth
  2. A band fastened to the shafts of a vehicle, and passing under the belly of the horse drawing it

belly button noun (informal)

The navel

belly dance noun

A sensuous Eastern dance, performed by a woman, with very pronounced movement of the abdomen and hips

intransitive verb

To perform such a dance

belly dancer noun

belly flop noun

  1. An inexpert dive in which one lands face down, flat on the water
  2. A belly landing

bellˈy-flop intransitive verb

bellˈy-god noun

A person who makes a god of his belly, a glutton

belly landing noun

(of an aircraft) a landing without using the landing wheels

belly laugh noun

A deep unrestrained laugh

belly tank noun (aeronautics) see ventral tank under venter1

bellˈy-timber noun (archaic)

Provisions, food

belly up to (US sl)

To go directly or purposefully towards

go belly up (slang)

  1. To die, fail (as a dead fish, floating belly upwards)
  2. (of a business, etc) to fail

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