1
- a large or protruding abdomen or stomach大肚子。
2
- Nautical, archaic a thick strong mat used to give protection from chafing on a mast or spar【航海】〈古〉防磨席, 垫席。
with obj.
- disembowel (an animal)剖腹取出（动物）的内脏：
one of the things I had to do was to paunch and skin a hare.
我必须要做的事情之一就是取出一只野兔的内脏并扒掉它的皮。
派生词
paunchiness
nounpaunchy
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense 'intestines'.