belly
noun /ˈbeli/
/ˈbeli/
(plural bellies)
Idioms - the part of the body below the chest
腹部；肚子 - They crawled along on their bellies.
他们匍匐前进。
Topics Bodyc1- He's so fat, his belly hangs over his trousers.
他肥胖得裤子上垂着个大肚子。 - I filled my belly with a sausage sandwich.
我用一个香肠三明治填饱了肚子。 - She felt the child in her belly kick.
她感觉肚子里的孩子在踢她。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- full
- flat
- …
- pat
- rub
- scratch
- …
- bulge
- hang
- swell
- …
- in somebody’s belly
- They crawled along on their bellies.
- enlarge image(literary) the round or curved part of an object
（物体的）圆形或凸起部分 - the belly of a ship
船腹
- the belly of a ship
- -bellied(in adjectives
构成形容词 腹部…形的 - swollen-bellied
腹部肿胀的 - round-bellied
肚子圆圆的
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics- -beaked
- -bellied
- -billed
- -blooded
- -bodied
- -cheeked
- -chested
- -eared
- -eyed
- -faced
- -fingered
- -footed
- -haired
- -handed
- -headed
- -hearted
- -hipped
- -lidded
- -limbed
- -mouthed
- -necked
- -nosed
- -skinned
- -tailed
- -throated
- -toothed
- swollen-bellied
词源Old English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.
Idioms
fire in the/your belly
- a very strong desire to achieve something
腹部： 渴望达到目标的强烈愿望- You need fire in your belly if you want to make it in the music business.
如果你想在音乐行业取得成功，你需要有勇气。
- You need fire in your belly if you want to make it in the music business.
go belly up
- (informal) to fail completely
彻底失败；垮掉；完蛋 - Last year the business went belly up after one of the partners resigned.
去年一位合伙人退出后，这家企业就垮掉了。
- Last year the business went belly up after one of the partners resigned.