belly

• n. 腹部；胃；食欲
• vi. 涨满；鼓起
• vt. 使鼓起
• n. (Belly)人名；(法、意、葡)贝利

词源同ball, 球，形容鼓起来的。

1. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

2. a protruding abdomen

3. a part that bulges deeply;

"the belly of a sail"

4. the hollow inside of something;

"in the belly of the ship"

5. the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

belly (n.)

Old English belg, bylig (West Saxon), bælg (Anglian) "leather bag, purse, bellows," from Proto-Germanic *balgiz "bag" (cognates: Old Norse belgr "bag, bellows," bylgja "billow," Gothic balgs "wineskin"), from PIE *bholgh-, from root *bhelgh- "to swell," an extension of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole). Meaning shifted to "abdomen of a human or animal" (late 13c.) as the old plural form of the noun emerged as a separate word (see bellows). Meaning "bulging part or concave surface of anything" is 1590s. The West Germanic root had a figurative or extended sense of "anger, arrogance" (as in Old English bolgenmod "enraged;" belgan (v.) "to become angry"), probably from the notion of "swelling."

Indo-European languages commonly use the same word for both the external belly and the internal (stomach, womb, etc.), but the distinction of external and internal is somewhat present in English belly/stomach; Greek gastr- (see gastric) in classical language denoted the paunch or belly, while modern science uses it only in reference to the stomach as an organ.

As a personal name from 12c. From c. 1200 as a symbol of gluttony. Belly-naked in Middle English was "stripped to the belly, completely naked." Fastidious avoidance of belly in speech and writing (compensated for by stretching the senses of imported stomach and abdomen, baby-talk tummy and misappropriated midriff) began late 18c. and the word was banished from Bibles in many early 19c. editions. Belly-punch (n.) is attested from 1811.

belly (v.)

"to swell out," 1620s, from belly (n.). Related: Bellied; bellying. Old English belgan meant "to be or become angry" (a figurative sense). A comparable Greek verb-from-noun, gastrizein, meant "to hit (someone) in the belly."

I really want to lose some of these belly fat and turn it into muscle, but I'm not sure which of the gym equipment would best help.

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You know I've often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom.

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They crawled along on their bellies.

他们匍匐前进。

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the belly of a ship

船腹

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swollen-bellied

腹部肿胀的

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round-bellied

肚子圆圆的

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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。

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She laid her hands on her swollen belly...

她把双手放在自己隆起的肚子上。

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...a horse with its belly ripped open...

一匹被开膛破肚的马

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I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.

我绝对不能眼睁睁地看着这家公司垮掉。

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Instead of beer belly, you'd get " beer biceps. "

喝啤酒不会长啤酒肚, 而是长二头肌.

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His eyes are bigger than his belly.

他眼馋肚饱.

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Better belly burst than good liquor be lose.

情愿胀破肚皮,也比浪费好酒为佳.

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I'm sorry I can't finish my pudding; my eyes are bigger than my belly.

很抱歉,我不能吃完我的布丁了, 我太嘴馋了.

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A growing youth a wolf in his belly.

年轻人,在成长,吃起饭来像恶狼.

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Patient: Of course . I severe pain in my right belly and feel chilly.

病人: 是的, 我右上腹疼痛,还感觉寒战.

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The snake crawls on its belly.

那条蛇匍匐而行.

辞典例句

Horatio ( Chip ) and Brian ( Dale ) were playing Pooh belly dancing on the bed.

哥哥 ( 奇奇 ) 与弟弟 ( 蒂蒂 ) 在床上玩著小熊维尼肚皮舞的游戏.

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The source of the back and belly that agriculture is the mankind, live this.

农业是人类的衣食之源 、 生存之本.

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I love Mr. Bean, his acting skills give us a lot of belly laugh.

我喜欢看《憨豆先生》, 他的演技时常让我们捧腹大笑.

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The clanking tractor went along , shooting smoke out of its belly.

拖拉机铿铿地开了过去, 从车肚里喷出烟来.

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There's really no call for it. A quick temper isn't going to fill your belly.

一点也不必,火气壮当不了吃饭.

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His belly stuck out when he breathed in deeply.

他深吸气时腹部挺出来.

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Don't ask him what he thinks of the political situation, He won't know for he is a man who makes a god of his belly.

不要问他对政局的看法, 他不会知道什么,因为他一味追求吃喝.

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Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.

守财奴爱财如命,宁可饿肚皮,没衣穿.

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A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.

年轻人,在成长,吃起饭来像饿狼.

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He had an awful ache in the belly.

他的胃疼得很厉害.

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The boss has a large belly.

老板大腹便便.

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The boat carried with much cargo in its belly.

该船的舱里载了很多的货物.

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A bayonet had been thrust through his belly.

一把刺刀刺穿了他的肚子.

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His big fat belly overhung his belt.

他那硕大肥胖的肚子挺在腰带上面。

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