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Definition of midriff in English: midriffnoun ˈmɪdrɪfˈmɪdˌrɪf 1The region of the front of the body between the chest and the waist. 上腹部 she wore a top that showed her midriff Example sentencesExamples - While insulin is essential to life, too much of it tends to promote the accumulation of fat in the body, particularly around the midriff.
- They may reject the idea that the emancipation of women consists in the wearing of mini-skirts or the baring of midriffs, but still be concerned with promoting the further equality of women.
- It starts to occur in the chest instead of the midriff.
- Michelle had on a black leather mini and a shirt that showed off her midriff and belly button.
- They are open to body blows in the midriff and lack the ability to throw straight punches.
- A sweater that stopped short of her midriff showed her belly button.
- I subconsciously rubbed the first signs of middle-aged spread bulking my midriff.
- A pot-belly will start to develop in his midriff.
- The top was bright green, and fitted tightly to her body, leaving her midriff, arms and neck bare.
- Her dress had a large tear cut across the midriff under her chest so that it hung open, revealing most of her stomach.
- He proposed a dress code that would ban any display of cleavage, thighs, backs, shoulders and midriffs.
- The Golf Academy has a lower standard than some courses: shirts with sleeves, no cut-off shorts and no bare midriffs.
- I'd arrived there with two willowy 14-year-olds, all bare midriffs and attitude, feeling that along with the luggage I had probably also packed a whole load of trouble.
- Her outfit consisted of khaki capris and a red top, showing her midriff and toned stomach.
- He is sauntering along the beach wearing flip-flops, shorts and a T-shirt with a rectangular window cut away from the midriff to reveal his toned stomach.
- Underneath these, though, their garments were skimpy, the men wearing pants and no shirt, and the women covering their chest but letting their midriff show.
- It's great that women feel comfortable in their skins and are proud of their midriffs.
- She wore a black, leather, sleeveless top that laced in the front, leaving her midriff bare.
- According to London Fashion Week, the midriff is dead and the good old waist is at long last back in style.
- The round is also far more accurate than previous versions, meaning police have a better chance of hitting the target area of the midriff rather than the more vulnerable head and chest.
- 1.1Anatomy dated The diaphragm.
〔剖〕〈旧〉膈；膈膜 Synonyms stomach, belly, gut, middle, intestines
OriginOld English midhrif, from mid1 + hrif 'belly'. The second part of midriff is Old English hrif ‘belly’, which goes back to the same root as Latin corpus ‘body’, the source of many English words including corporation (Late Middle English), one of whose meanings is ‘a protruding abdomen’.
Definition of midriff in US English: midriffnounˈmidˌrifˈmɪdˌrɪf 1The region of the front of the body between the chest and the waist. 上腹部 she wore a top that showed her midriff Example sentencesExamples - The top was bright green, and fitted tightly to her body, leaving her midriff, arms and neck bare.
- Underneath these, though, their garments were skimpy, the men wearing pants and no shirt, and the women covering their chest but letting their midriff show.
- Michelle had on a black leather mini and a shirt that showed off her midriff and belly button.
- They are open to body blows in the midriff and lack the ability to throw straight punches.
- The round is also far more accurate than previous versions, meaning police have a better chance of hitting the target area of the midriff rather than the more vulnerable head and chest.
- Her outfit consisted of khaki capris and a red top, showing her midriff and toned stomach.
- He is sauntering along the beach wearing flip-flops, shorts and a T-shirt with a rectangular window cut away from the midriff to reveal his toned stomach.
- He proposed a dress code that would ban any display of cleavage, thighs, backs, shoulders and midriffs.
- The Golf Academy has a lower standard than some courses: shirts with sleeves, no cut-off shorts and no bare midriffs.
- I subconsciously rubbed the first signs of middle-aged spread bulking my midriff.
- It's great that women feel comfortable in their skins and are proud of their midriffs.
- Her dress had a large tear cut across the midriff under her chest so that it hung open, revealing most of her stomach.
- They may reject the idea that the emancipation of women consists in the wearing of mini-skirts or the baring of midriffs, but still be concerned with promoting the further equality of women.
- A sweater that stopped short of her midriff showed her belly button.
- It starts to occur in the chest instead of the midriff.
- While insulin is essential to life, too much of it tends to promote the accumulation of fat in the body, particularly around the midriff.
- I'd arrived there with two willowy 14-year-olds, all bare midriffs and attitude, feeling that along with the luggage I had probably also packed a whole load of trouble.
- A pot-belly will start to develop in his midriff.
- She wore a black, leather, sleeveless top that laced in the front, leaving her midriff bare.
- According to London Fashion Week, the midriff is dead and the good old waist is at long last back in style.
- 1.1Anatomy dated The diaphragm.
〔剖〕〈旧〉膈；膈膜 Synonyms stomach, belly, gut, middle, intestines
OriginOld English midhrif, from mid + hrif ‘belly’. |