waist

英 [weɪst] 美 [weɪst]

• n. 腰部；腰

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 腰,腰部,腰围

   part of the body between the ribs and the hips, usually narrower than the rest of the trunk

2. [C] (衣服的)腰部

   the part of a garment that goes round this part of the body

3. [C] 中间凹入的部分

   narrow part in the middle of sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 腰，腰部，腰身（部分）
2. 背心
3. 紧身胸衣
4. 衬衫，短衫
5. 小孩的内衣
6. 中间的细窄部分
7. 【海】中部上甲板，上甲板中部，船腰
8. 【空】机身中部
9. 主桅与前桅之间部分
10. 【动】蜂腰
11. 腰围

英英释义

Noun:

1. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

2. the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her hair nearly reached down to her waist.
   她的头发几乎垂到了腰部。
2. She wears a ribbon belt round her waist.
   她在腰部束了一条缎带。
3. If the skirt is too big, we can take in the waist.
   要是裙子太大了，我们可以把腰部收紧一些。
4. He put his arm around her waist.
   他搂住了她的腰。
5. The uncut grass came up to her waist.
   未割的草齐了她的腰。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She has a very small waist.
   她是杨柳细腰。
2. The tailor is measuring my waist.
   裁缝正在给我量腰围。
3. She took in the waist of her dress.
   她把衣服的腰身改小了。
4. The sound is from the waist of a violin.
   声音是从小提琴的中间部分发出的。

经典引文

• So tall, that the Spaniards only reached his waist.

  出自： Goldsmith

• A..woman, permanently paralysed from the waist down after a spinal injection.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

• Grasped around the waist by a lecherous man.

  出自： G. Murray

• Rosina laces me up tight to show off my neat pretty waist.

  出自： M. Roberts

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• have no waist 胖得看不出腰围
• let out the waist of a dress 把衣服的腰围放大些
• measure sb's waist 量某人的腰围
• slim the waist 使腰变细
• strip to the waist 光着上身
• take in the waist of a dress 把衣服的腰身缩小些

形容词+～

• large waist 粗腰
• slender〔slim, small〕 waist 纤细的腰

介词+～

• around〔round〕 the waist 在腰部
• hold sb by the waist 拦腰抱住某人
• up to waist (水)齐腰深

～+介词

• a waist like a wasp's 腰像黄蜂一样细
• a waist of a ship 船的中间部分

近反义词

【近义词】

• middle
• midsection