loin
/lɔɪn/noun
(一般作loins)
1- the part of the body on both sides of the spine between the lowest (false) ribs and the hip bones腰, 腰部。
1.1
loins
chiefly poetic/literary the region of the sexual organs, especially when regarded as the source of erotic or procreative power〈主诗/文〉下部, 下身:he felt a stirring in his loins at the thought.
一想到这些, 他感到下部一阵躁动。
1.2
loin
a joint of meat that includes the vertebrae of the loins连脊的大块腰肉:loin of pork with kidney.
连腰子在内的腰部猪肉。
词源
Middle English: from Old French loigne, based on Latin lumbus.