(pl.-ies)
1- the human trunk below the ribs, containing the stomach and bowels（人的）腹腔。
1.1
- the front of this part of the body肚子, 肚皮：
he fell flat on his belly.
他摔了个嘴啃泥。
1.2
- the stomach, especially as representing the body's need for food胃, 胃口：
they'll fight all the better on empty bellies.
饿着肚子他们会打得更好。
1.3
- the underside of a bird or other animal（鸟或其他动物的）腹部。
1.4
- （亦作belly pork）[mass noun] a cut of pork from the underside between the legs腹部猪肉切。
1.5
- a pig's belly as food, especially as a traded commodity猪肚。
1.6
- the rounded underside of a ship or aircraft船底; （飞机的）机腹。
1.7
- the top surface of an instrument of the violin family, over which the strings are placed（弦乐器的）面板。
verb
-ies, -ied
1
- no obj. swell; bulge鼓起, 张满：
as she leaned forward her pullover bellied out.
她身子前倾时, 套衫鼓了起来。
1.1
- with obj. cause to swell or bulge使鼓起, 使张满：
the wind bellied the sail out.
风把帆张满了。
2
- no obj
belly up to
N. Amer. informal move or sit close to (a bar or table)〈北美, 非正式〉走近（酒吧）, 坐在（餐桌）旁： regulars who first bellied up to the bar years before.
多年前第一批光顾这家酒吧的常客。
短语
go belly up
- informal go bankrupt〈非正式〉破产。
派生词
bellied
adjective大腹便便的人。
词源
Old English belig 'bag'， of Germanic origin， from a base meaning 'swell， be inflated'.