| [/weɪst; west/] n 用法:
1 part of the body between the ribs and the hips, usu narrower than the rest of the trunk 腰; 腰部; 腰围:
She wore a wide belt round her waist. 她束了一条宽腰带. *
She has a 26-inch waist. 她的腰围是26英寸. *
He measures 30 inches round the waist. 他的腰围是30英寸. *
The workmen were stripped to (ie wearing nothing above) the waist. 工人们光著上身. *
[attrib 作定语] waist measurements 腰围的尺寸. 用法:
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(a) part of a garment that goes round the waist （衣服的）腰部:
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. *
The waist is too tight for me. 这件衣服我穿腰部太瘦. *
trousers with a 30-inch waist 腰围30英寸的裤子.
(b) garment, or part of a garment, that covers the body from the shoulders to the waist （衣服的）上身（或上身的部分）. Cf 参看 shirtwaist (shirt). 用法:
3 (a) narrow part in the middle of sth （物体的）中间细的部分:
the waist of an hourglass, a violin, a wasp 沙漏的中部、 小提琴中间凹处、 黄蜂的腰部.
(b) part of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck （轮船的）腰部. |