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tummy

noun
🔊/ˈtʌmi/
🔊/ˈtʌmi/
(plural tummies)
(informal) used especially by children or when speaking to children尤为儿语或对儿童说话时用
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  1. the stomach or the area around the stomach胃；肚子
    • Mum, my tummy hurts.妈妈，我肚子痛。🔊🔊
    • to have (a) tummy ache肚子痛
    • a tummy bug/upset (= an illness when you feel sick or vomit)反胃
    • There’s a baby growing in your mummy’s tummy.妈妈的肚子里长了一个婴儿。
    • cosmetic surgery like facelifts and tummy tucks面部拉皮、腹部去脂一类的整容外科手术
    see also gippy tummyTopics Bodyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • empty
    • full
    • upset
    • …
    tummy + verb
    • rumble
    • ache
    tummy + noun
    • ache
    • bug
    • trouble
    • …
    preposition
    • in the/​your tummy
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: child's pronunciation of stomach.