navel

• n. [解剖] 肚脐；中央；中心点

来自PIE*nobh,肚脐，词源同umbilicus,umbilical cord.拼写比较nail,unguent.

1. scar where the umbilical cord was attached

2. the center point or middle of something

navel (n.)

Old English nafela, nabula, from Proto-Germanic *nabalan (cognates: Old Norse nafli, Danish and Swedish navle, Old Frisian navla, Middle Dutch and Dutch navel, Old High German nabalo, German Nabel), from PIE *(o)nobh- "navel" (cognates: Sanskrit nabhila "navel, nave, relationship;" Avestan nafa "navel," naba-nazdishta "next of kin;" Persian naf; Latin umbilicus "navel;" Old Prussian nabis "navel;" Greek omphalos; Old Irish imbliu). For Romanic words, see umbilicus.

The cords of all link back, strandentwining cable of all flesh. [Joyce, "Ulysses"]

"Navel" words from other roots include Lithuanian bamba, Sanskrit bimba- (also "disk, sphere"), Greek bembix, literally "whirlpool." Old Church Slavonic papuku, Lithuanian pumpuras are originally "bud." Considered a feminine sexual center since ancient times, and still in parts of the Middle East, India, and Japan. In medieval Europe, it was averred that "[t]he seat of wantonness in women is the navel." [Cambridge bestiary, C.U.L. ii.4.26] Words for it in most languages have a secondary sense of "center." Meaning "center or hub of a country" is attested in English from late 14c. To contemplate (one's) navel "meditate" is from 1933; hence navel-gazer (1952); see also omphaloskepsis. Navel orange attested from 1888.

Then, she should insert her fingers into your anus and feel upwards, toward your navel.

然后, 把手指伸进你的肛门并朝肚脐方向向上触摸.

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The sea wears a bell in its navel.

海的肚脐上戴着一个铃铛.

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Pro 3:8 It'shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

箴3:8这便医治你的肚脐, 滋润你的百骨.

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He is so fat, his navel gets home 15 minutes before he does.

他太胖了, 他的肚脐比他先到家15分钟.

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Out of all the different kinds of oranges, I love navel oranges most.

在橙子类水果中, 我最爱吃脐橙.

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Sometimes it is seen emanating from the navel, sometimes from the forehead.

有时它是从脐部发出, 有时从前额发出.

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Objective To expound the principle of the direction reinforcing and reducing method in navel acupuncture therapy.

目的:阐述脐针疗法的方位补泻法的原理.方法:从脐针方位的分类、特点入手,分析其与补泻的关系.

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Then one day you will begin to feel your center, right near your navel.

然后有一天,你会开始感觉到你的中心, 就在肚脐附近.

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After a few days, the navel, all the plum juice to come out.

过了几天, 肚脐里的李子全都腐烂了,流出汁来.

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Very about all of the navel, the father asked.

处处对肚脐很好奇, 就问爸爸.

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The pain was gnawing and only above my navel.

以前是啃噬痛而且只有在肚脐上方.

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In other words, navel gazing is hardwired into the human libido.

换言之, 盯着肚脐看是人类的性欲本能.

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Wrap a tape measure around your waist at the level of your navel.

在腰部的肚脐水平位置用卷尺测量腰围.

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Each navel candles with a filter to avoid the belly wax to flow backwards.

脐烛内藏一个安全滤管防止脐秽倒流.

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In some ways, the navel is an odd region to attract our prurient desire.

就某些方面而言, 肚脐是吸引我们性欲的一个区域.

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While a lower navel means a longer torso a better swimmer.

反之,肚脐位置低,躯干长,游泳就快.

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Dirt gets rolled up in your navel.

泥垢总是积在肚脐眼里.

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He pulled out his frill as far as his navel.

他把他的皱边一直拉到肚脐上.

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Draw the tailbone down toward the floor and lift your pubic bone toward your navel.

将尾骨拉向下朝着地板方向,提起耻骨(骨盆前侧可触摸到的骨骼)向肚脐的方向.

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And then there are seedless fruits like navel oranges and seedless watermelons.

而且有许多的无核水果,比如脐橙,无核西瓜.

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They argued whether or not adam had a navel.

他们争辩亚当是否有肚脐.

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Jiangxi Nankang Shi opening of navel oranges. Existing orange tree 2000, Orange Guomiao.

96年江西南康市开场种脐橙. 现有橙树2000棵, 脐橙果苗.

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You were not supposed to show your navel on television.

要求你们在电视上不能露出肚脐.

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Placenta in bag with cut navel cord jutting out.

从胎盘袋子中拉出的剪断的脐带.

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Appendicitis causes pain that typically begins around your navel and then shifts to lower right abdomen.

阑尾炎可引起疼痛,典型的疼痛始于脐周,然后转移至右下腹.

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Another fruIt'subject to such human assisted reproduction is the ubiquitous navel orange.

另外一种也需要人类辅助手段的水果是随处可见的脐橙.

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She wore a checked shirt tied in a knot above the navel.

她身穿一件格子衬衫，衣角在肚脐上方打了个结。

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She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing.

她对这场改革嗤之以鼻，认为只是无实际行动的集体空想而已。

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