Belly

['belɪ] or ['bɛli]

解释:

(noun.) the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish.

(noun.) a protruding abdomen.

(noun.) the hollow inside of something; 'in the belly of the ship'.

(noun.) a part that bulges deeply; 'the belly of a sail'.

(verb.) swell out or bulge out.

巴里整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

(n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.

(n.) The womb.

(n.) The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.

(n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

(v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.

(v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

校对:迈克尔

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Abdomen, paunch.[2]. Convexity, swell, swelling, bulge, protuberance.

伯尼编辑

解释:

n. the part of the body between the breast and the thighs containing the bowels: the stomach as the receptacle of the food: the bowels proper: the womb or uterus: the interior of anything: the bulging part of anything as a bottle or any concave or hollow surface as of a sail: the inner or lower surface of anything as opposed to the back as of a violin &c.—adj. ventral abdominal: (theol.) belonging to the flesh carnal.—v.i. to swell or bulge out.—ns. Bel′ly-band a saddle-girth: a band fastened to the shafts of a vehicle and passing under the belly of the horse drawing it; Bel′lyful a sufficiency; Bel′ly-god one who makes a god of his belly a glutton.—p.adj. Bel′lying.—n. Bel′ly-tim′ber provisions.

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