核心畫面

Think of the place where the body pulls in: below the ribs, above the hips, the narrowest band around the middle. It is the spot a belt naturally settles into and stays — the body's own dividing line between the upper half and the lower half.

可以想成身體中段那條「收進去」的地方:肋骨以下、髖骨以上,整個人最細的一圈。它是皮帶自然會停住、不會往下滑的位置,也更多收起可以想成身體中段那條「收進去」的地方:肋骨以下、髖骨以上,整個人最細的一圈。它是皮帶自然會停住、不會往下滑的位置,也像是身體自己畫出來的一條界線,把上半身和下半身分開。

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

waistnoun/weɪst/

  • 1

    anatomymedicinesciencesThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

  • 2

    A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.

  • 3

    The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).

  • 4

    The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.

  • 5

    nauticaltransportThat 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.
  • 6

    The middle part of anything.

    • The waist of a bell widens into the lip.
    • In the dead vast and middle of the night

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。