Your pelvis is the set of large, wide, curved bones at the base of your spine, the place your legs join on to.

Your pelvis你的pelvis（骨盆） is the set of large, wide, curved bones at the base of your spine是脊椎底部那組又大又寬、彎曲的骨頭 the place your legs join on to也是你的腿連接上去的地方

It is not one bone: several bones grow together as you get older and make a kind of bowl, which holds some of your insides and takes the weight of your upper body when you stand.

It它 is not one bone不是單獨一塊骨頭 several bones好幾塊骨頭 grow together as you get older隨著你長大逐漸長在一起 and形成 make a kind of bowl一種碗狀的結構 which holds some of your insides裝著你的一些內臟 and也 takes the weight of your upper body when you stand在你站立時撐住上半身的重量

The old Latin word meant 'basin', and that picture still helps. People often say hip when they mean this whole area; though actually the hip is more the joint at the side, and everyday English is messy about that.

The old Latin word這個字的拉丁文 meant 'basin'原意是「盆子」 and而 that picture這個畫面 still helps現在還是很有幫助 People人們 often say hip常常用hip when they mean this whole area來指整個這個部位 though actually不過其實 the hip hip is more the joint at the side比較是指側邊的那個關節 and而 everyday English日常英文 is messy about that在這件事上講得有點含糊

In class and in hospitals, pelvis is the careful word. You will also hear pelvic (the adjective) much more than pelvis itself in phrases.

In class and in hospitals在課堂上和醫院裡 pelvis pelvis is是 the careful word比較嚴謹的用字 In phrases在片語裡 you你 will also hear pelvic (the adjective) much more than pelvis itself也會更常聽到pelvic（形容詞），而不是pelvis本身