waist
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
- A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
- The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
- The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
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That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
— There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.
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The middle part of anything.
— The waist of a bell widens into the lip.
词汇关系
衍生词
dropped waist
drop waist
emancipation waist
empire-waist
empire waist
pantywaist
paperbag waist
sheer-to-waist
shirt waist
shirtwaist
shirt-waist
snatched waist
strip to the waist
waist bag
waistband
waist card
waist chain
waist cincher
waistcoat
waist-deep
waist-deep in the Big Muddy
waist-high
waistless
waistline
waist overalls
wasp waist
词源
Inherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle English wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”), Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.
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