the area around the middle of the body between the ribs and the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below 腰；腰部 
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。 🔊🔊
Homophones waist | wastewaist waste🔊/weɪst/🔊/weɪst/- waist noun
She wore a wide sash around her waist. 她腰间系着一条宽腰带。
- waste verb
You can't afford to waste time by waiting. 您不能浪费时间等待。
- waste noun
Doing such a mundane job is a waste of your talent. 做这样平凡的工作是在浪费您的才能。
- waste adjective
Waste products from the process can be made into fertilizer. 该过程中产生的废品可以制成肥料。
Collocations Physical appearanceTopics Bodyb2Physical 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
- slender
- slim
- …
- encircle
- height
- about the/somebody’s waist
- around the/somebody’s waist
- round the/somebody’s waist
- …
- from the waist down
- from the waist up
- stripped to the waist
- …
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist （衣服的）腰部，腰 a skirt with an elasticated waist 腰部有松紧带的裙子 These jeans have a 32-inch waist. 这些牛仔裤的腰围是 32 英寸。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- belted
- …
- measurement
- size
- -waisted
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type of waist mentioned 有…腰身的；腰身…的 a high-waisted dress 高腰连衣裙
Word Originlate Middle English: apparently representing an Old English word from the Germanic root of the verb wax senses 4 and 5.