Waist
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n. 腰，腰部;（衣服的）腰身;船腰;（女人，小孩子的）背心;
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The jacket is shaped (ie becomes narrower) at the waist.
這件外衣腰部很貼身（較窄）.
Her bare arms lay gracefully beside her slender waist.
她那兩只下垂的光潔的膀子給她的非常勻稱的身體添了幾分美麗。
The dress needs taking in a bit at the waist.
這件連衫裙腰身需要改小一些。
She tied an apron around her waist.
她將圍裙系在腰間。
I measure 75 centimetres round the waist.
我的腰圍是七十五公分。
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【串】那個waiter(侍者)彎waist(腰)wait(等待)顧客點菜
【記】※ waist-腰,wrist-手腕:干活累得腰沉沉,手腕輕叩即舒服
※ wa-拼音“娃”,is-是,t-拼音“疼”:娃兒閃了腰,感覺真是疼
※ wait-等待,s-似“美女”:等待美女的到來時,等到花兒都謝了,腰也彎了
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waist
n
1 part of the body between the ribs and the hips, usu narrower than the rest of the trunk 腰; 腰部; 腰圍
She wore a wide belt round her waist. 她束了一條寬腰帶.
She has a 26-inch waist. 她的腰圍是26英寸.
He measures 30 inches round the waist. 他的腰圍是30英寸.
The workmen were stripped to (ie wearing nothing above) the waist. 工人們光著上身.
[attrib 作定語]
waist measurements 腰圍的尺寸.
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(a) part of a garment that goes round the waist （衣服的）腰部
If the skirt is too big, we can take in the waist. 要是裙子太大了, 我們可以把腰部收緊一些.
The waist is too tight for me. 這件衣服我穿腰部太瘦.
trousers with a 30-inch waist 腰圍30英寸的褲子.
(b) garment, or part of a garment, that covers the body from the shoulders to the waist （衣服的）上身（或上身的部分）. Cf 參看 shirtwaist (shirt).
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(a) narrow part in the middle of sth （物體的）中間細的部分
the waist of an hourglass, a violin, a wasp 沙漏的中部、 小提琴中間凹處、 黃蜂的腰部.
(b) part of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck （輪船的）腰部.
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等待(wait)水蛇(s) 腰{等腰三角形}
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*[weist]n. 腰部, 腰【醫】 腰
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She usually wears that round her middle when she goes out.
她外出時總是把它系在腰上。
All the stories of families, heroes, wars and journeys are passed down from generation to generation.
所有家族、英雄、戰爭、旅行的情況都是世代口傳的。
Experts believe that there are about 40,000 different types of job in the world. Choosing the right one is a difficult job in itself.
專家們認為世界上大約有4萬個不同種類的工作。要從中選擇一個適合自己的工作是很困難的。