waist

英 [weɪst] 美[west]

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n. 腰，腰部

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中文词源

waist 腰

来自PIE*wegs,增加，来自PIE*aug的扩大形式，词源同augment,wax。引申词义腰。

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复数: waists;

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谐音“围死她”

英文词源

waist: waist: [14] Waist is something of a mystery word, but it is generally taken to denote etymologically ‘girth to which one has grown’. It is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English *wæst, which would have gone back to prehistoric Germanic *wakhs- ‘grow’, source of English wax ‘grow’ (as in wax and wane). Related forms which support this hypothesis include Icelandic vöxstr and Gothic wahstus, which mean ‘growth, size’.
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- (cognates: 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" (see augment).

双语例句

1. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.: 那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。

2. One of them unwound a length of rope from around his waist.: 其中一人把绑在腰间的一条绳子解下来。

3. She had made Helen a dress which showed off her tiny waist.: 她给海伦做了件很显她纤细腰身的连衣裙。

4. From her tiny waist a crinolined skirt cascaded in three deep tiers.: 裙架撑起的三层大裥裙从她的纤腰上款款垂下。

5. She wore a brown suede jacket, belted at the waist.: 她穿着一件带束腰的棕色绒面革夹克。

英英释意

1. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

2. the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

考试真题

A man described as a "non-worker civilian" was buried up to his waist in the basement.

An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: a man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street.

实用场景例句

He put his arm around her waist.: 他搂住了她的腰。

She was paralysed from the waist down (= in the area below her waist) .: 她从腰部以下都瘫痪了。

The workmen were stripped to the waist (= wearing no clothes on the top half of their bodies) .: 工人光着上身。

a skirt with an elasticated waist: 腰部有松紧带的裙子

a high-waisted dress: 高腰连衣裙

Ricky kept his arm round her waist...: 里基一直揽着她的腰。

He was stripped to the waist.: 他上身赤裸。

You can wrap the skirt around your waist.: 你可以把裙子围在腰间.

The doctors also wore guns at their waist.: 医生们的腰间也带着手枪.

The coat is a bit tight at the waist.: 这件上衣腰身瘦了点.

He was naked to the waist.: 他光着上身.

She has no waist.: 她胖得看不出腰身来.

The dressmaker gathered the cloth to the narrowest part of the waist.: 那位裁缝在衣服的腰部打褶收紧.

The sound is from the waist of a violin.: 声音是从小提琴的中间部分发出的.

The water comes up to my waist.: 水深齐腰.

This skirt needs letting in at the waist.: 这条裙子的腰身需要缩小.

This dress is shaped at the waist and doesn't need a belt.: 这件连衣裙腰部合身,不需要腰带.

She has a slender waist.: 她的腰身很细.

She took in the waist of her dress.: 她把衣服的腰身改小.

The trousers are too wide in the waist.: 裤腰太肥了.

My waist measurement is 32 inches.: 我的腰围是三十二寸.

The patient lay on the couch, bare to the waist.: 这位患者赤裸上身,躺在诊察台上.

This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist.: 这条裙子需要换一根松紧腰带。

Jack's arms encircled her waist.: 杰克的双臂搂着她的腰。

She fastened the belt loosely around her waist.: 她把皮带松松地系在腰上。

He put his arm around her waist.: 他搂住了她的腰。

He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window.: 他揽住她的腰，拉着她离开了窗边。

The grass in the yard was waist high.: 院子里的草有齐腰高。

I'm about two inches larger round the waist.: 我的腰围大概粗了两英寸。

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