belly

noun
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(plural bellies)
Idioms
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  1. the part of the body below the chest腹部;肚子 synonym stomach, gut
    • They crawled along on their bellies.他们匍匐前进。🔊🔊
    see also beer belly, pot belly
    Extra Examples
    • He's so fat, his belly hangs over his trousers.他肥胖得裤子上垂着个大肚子。
    • I filled my belly with a sausage sandwich.我用一个香肠三明治填饱了肚子。
    • She felt the child in her belly kick.她感觉肚子里的孩子在踢她。
    Topics Bodyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • empty
    • full
    • flat
    verb + belly
    • pat
    • rub
    • scratch
    belly + verb
    • bulge
    • hang
    • swell
    preposition
    • in somebody’s belly
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  2. (literary) the round or curved part of an object(物体的)圆形或凸起部分
    • the belly of a ship船腹
  3. -bellied
    (in adjectives构成形容词) having the type of belly mentioned腹部…形的
    • swollen-bellied腹部肿胀的
    • round-bellied肚子圆圆的
  4. Word OriginOld English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.
Idioms
fire in the/your belly
  1. a very strong desire to achieve something
    • You need fire in your belly if you want to make it in the music business.如果要在音乐行业中放火,则需要在肚子里放火。
go belly up
  1. (informal) to fail completely彻底失败;垮掉;完蛋
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2

belly

verb
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[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they belly
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he / she / it bellies
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past simple bellied
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past participle bellied
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-ing form bellying
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  1. belly (out) (especially of sails尤指船帆) to fill with air and become rounder胀满;鼓起
    • The sails bellied out in the wind.船帆迎风鼓起。
    Word OriginOld English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.