| 释义 |
waist/weist/n. 1a the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure 腰，腰部 b the circumference of this 腰围 2 a similar narrow part in the middle of a violin, hourglass, wasp, etc. (小提琴、沙漏等的)中间细部；(黄蜂等昆虫的)细腰 3a the part of a garment encircling or covering the waist (衣服的)腰围；腰身部分 b the narrow middle part of a woman's dress etc. (女装等中间的)紧身部分 c US a blouse or bodice [美]女子的上衣或胸衣 4 the middle part of a ship, between the forecastle and the quarterdeck 船腰(前甲板和后甲板之间的部分) □ waisted adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ waistless adj.[Middle English wast, perhaps from an Old English word from the Germanic root of WAX2] |