the area at either side of the body between the top of the leg and the middle part of the body; the joint at the top of the leg that connects it with the top part of the body 臀部；髋 
She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。 🔊🔊 These jeans are too tight around the hips. 这条牛仔裤的臀部太窄。 🔊🔊 a hip replacement operation 髋部复位手术 the hip bone 髋骨 She broke her hip in the fall. 她摔倒时折断了髋骨。 🔊🔊
Collocations Physical appearancePhysical appearance 外貌 - A person may be described as having:
描述一个人的长相可用 have 一词： Eyes 眼睛 - (bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes
- deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes
- small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes
- piercing/penetrating/steely eyes
- bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes
- bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows
- long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes
Face 脸 - a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose
- a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose
- full/thick/thin/pouty lips
- dry/chapped/cracked lips
- flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks
- soft/chubby/sunken cheeks
- white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth
- a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead
- a strong/weak/pointed/double chin
- a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard
- a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache
Hair and skin 头发和皮肤 - pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin
- dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin
- a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
- deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles
- blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(British English) ginger/grey hair
- straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair
- thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair
- dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair
- long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair
- a bald/balding/shaved head
- a receding hairline
- a bald patch/spot
- a side/centre(British English) parting
Body 身体 - a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck
- broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders
- a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest
- a flat/swollen/bulging stomach
- a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist
- big/wide/narrow/slim hips
- a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back
- thin/slender/muscular arms
- big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands
- long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers
- long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs
- muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs
- big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet
- a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure
- be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build
有着苗条的／中等的／普通的／大块头的／健壮的／矮壮的身材
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb2Don't carry money or documents in your hip pocket. 别把钱或者文件放在后口袋里。 He had his leg amputated at the hip. 他被高位截肢了。 He leaned casually against the door frame, hands on hips. 他随意地斜靠在门框上，双手叉腰。 He put his hands on his hips and sighed. 他双手叉腰，叹了口气。 Her hips had spread since having a baby. 生孩子后她的臀部变大了。 Her hips were still narrow like a girl's. 她的臀部仍是又细又窄，像小姑娘一样。 Her hips were swaying seductively in time to the music. 她伴随着音乐的节奏卖弄风情地扭着屁股。 My grandmother's having a hip replacement. 我祖母要装一个人工髋骨。 She was carrying a baby on her hip. 她背着一个孩子。 She was wearing a short blue dress, belted across the hips. 她穿着一件蓝色短款连衣裙，腰间低低地系着带子。 She wiggled her hips seductively as she walked. 她走路时卖弄风情地扭着屁股。 The gun could be fired from the shoulder or from the hip. 这种枪可以从齐肩或齐腰的位置射击。 The skirt is slit to the hip on one side. 裙子一侧开叉到腿根。 Twist your hips in your opponent's direction as you punch. 击拳时胯部要转向对手的方向。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- narrow
- slender
- …
- have your hands on
- put your hands on
- gyrate
- …
- move
- sway
- swing
- …
- fracture
- injury
- pain
- …
- across the hips
- at the hip
- from the hip
- …
- hands on (your) hips
- -hipped
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having hips of the size or shape mentioned 臀部…的 large-hipped 臀部大的 slim-hipped 臀部窄的
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics - (also rose hip)
the red fruit that grows on some types of wild rose bush 野蔷薇果
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Old English hype, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heup and German Hüfte, also to hop (verb). noun sense 3 Old English hēope, hīope, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch joop and German Hiefe.
Idioms
shoot from the hip
to react quickly without thinking carefully first 轻率应对；鲁莽行事；仓促反应