belly up

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks. idiomatic,intransitive
    — He bellied up to the bar as soon as he saw a free stool.
  2. To die; to fail or go out of business. intransitive
  3. To lay on the back with its belly up. intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Dead or defunct. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.

词形变化

belly-up alternative bellies up present,singular,third-person bellying up participle,present bellied up participle,past bellied up past belly-up alternative
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