waist
waist 英 [weɪst] 美 [west]
n. 腰，腰部
名词复数:waists
- On a human, the waist is the narrowing between the ribs and the hips –- though for many of us, "narrowing" may actually be "expanding."
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- n. 腰，腰部
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1. He put his arm around her waist.
他搂住了她的腰。
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2. She was paralysed from the waist down .
她从腰部以下都瘫痪了。
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3. a skirt with an elasticated waist
腰部有松紧带的裙子
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4. a high-waisted dress
高腰连衣裙
- waist (n.) late 14c., "middle part of the body," also "part of a garment fitted for the waist, portion of a garment that covers the waist" (but, due to fashion styles, often above or below it), probably from Old English *wæst "growth," hence, "where the body grows," from Proto-Germanic *wahs-tu- (source also of Old English wæstm, Old Norse vöxtr, Swedish växt, Old High German wahst "growth, increase," Gothic wahstus "stature," Old English weaxan "to grow" see wax (v.)), from PIE *wegs-, extended form of root *aug- (1) "to increase."
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