underbelly

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈʌn.dəˌbɛl.i/    美 /ˈʌn.dɚˌbɛl.i/|/ˈan.dəˌbel.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The underside of an animal.
    — We identified the species of the snake by its blue-grey underbelly.
  2. The underside of any thing.
    — A jolt told me that the Nautilus had bumped the underbelly of the Ice Bank, still quite thick to judge from the hollowness of the accompanying noise.
  3. The side which is not normally seen, normally a dark, immoral place. figuratively
    — The area by the canal is the underbelly of town – not something you’d see in the guidebooks.

词形变化

underbellies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
soft underbelly

词源

From under- + belly.
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