love handle

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips. colloquial,euphemistic,in-plural
    — The good news. Three weeks into the programme I am rediscovering bits of my body I had forgotten existed; biceps, triceps, hamstrings and those funny muscles on the sides of the abdomen called obliques, the toning of which is supposed to eliminate the love handle.

词形变化

love handles plural lovehandle alternative

词源

First appears c. 1970 in the publication Current Slang. So called because it is supposed to be grabbed by a partner during sexual intercourse.
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