belly

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bel·ly1 /ˈbeli/ noun (plural bellies) [countable] 1 PERSON a) HBHyour stomach 胃 a full belly 吃饱的肚子 b) British EnglishHBH the front part of your body between your chest and your legs 肚子，腹部 SYN abdomen She was lying on her belly. 她趴着。2. ANIMALHBAthe middle part of an animal’s body, near its stomach 〔动物的〕腹部，肚子 →5 see picture at 见图 horse13 OBJECTDT literary a curved or rounded part of an object 腹状部分 the belly of a plane 飞机的机腹4. black-bellied/fat-bellied/big-bellied etc having a black, fat, big etc stomach 黑色腹部的/腹部肥硕的/大腹便便的等5. go belly up informal if a business or company goes belly up, it stops operating because it cannot pay its debts 破产；倒闭 → beer belly , potbelly

Examples from the Corpus

belly• Everybody should go home with full bellies tonight.• She lay on her belly in the long grass.• Protruding from his belly was an ugly purple scar.• Half way up the drive, Wayne started pawing his belly and rolling the whites of his eyes.• I had scored, but no football in my belly at the end, just six points.• I lay on my stomach, on his bed, a white gym-towel under my belly.• He kicked Charlie in the belly as soon as they got out of the car.• the belly of an airplane• Your belly is very furry and quite sweet.belly2 (also belly out) verb (bellied, bellying, bellies) [intransitive] literary to fill with air and become rounder in shape 鼓起，张满Origin belly1 Old English belg “bag, skin”

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Corpus your stomach

belly

bel‧ly¹ /ˈbeli/

noun (plural bellies) [countable]

Language: Old English
Origin: belg 'bag, skin'

1.
a. your stomach:

a full belly
  b. British English the front part of your body between your chest and your legs
   SYN abdomen:

She was lying on her belly.
2. the middle part of an animal’s body, near its stomach
3. literary a curved or rounded part of an object:

the belly of a plane
4. black-bellied/fat-bellied/big-bellied etc having a black, fat, big etc stomach
5. go belly up informal if a business or company goes belly up, it stops operating because it cannot pay its debts
⇨ beer belly, potbelly

belly²

(also belly out) verb (past tense and past participle bellied, present participle bellying, third person singular bellies) [intransitive] literary
to fill with air and become rounder in shape

noun,

verb

belly

BrE

/ˈbeli/

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NAmE

/ˈbeli/

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noun

(

bellies

)

the part of the body below the chest 腹部；肚子

SYN

stomach

gut

◆They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。

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➡ see also

beer belly

pot belly

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literary

)

the round or curved part of an object （物体的）圆形或凸起部分

◆the belly of a ship船腹

-bellied

(in adjectives 构成形容词)

having the type of

belly

mentioned 腹部…形的

◆swollen-bellied腹部肿胀的

◆round-bellied肚子圆圆的

<titled tranID="36" status="1">shout</titled>yell ◇ cry ◇ scream ◇ cheer ◇ bellow ◇ raise your voice

These words all mean to say sth in a very loud voice. 以上各词均指大声说出、叫嚷。

shout to say sth in a loud voice; to speak loudly and often angrily to sb 指大声说、叫、嚷、斥责、怒骂：◆Stop shouting and listen! 别嚷了，听着！◆'Run!' he shouted. “跑！” 他大喊一声。
yell to shout loudly, for example because you are angry, excited, frightened or in pain 指（因气愤、激动、害怕或痛苦而）叫喊、大喊、吼叫：◆She yelled at the boy to get down from the wall. 她冲小孩大喊，让他从墙上下来。
cry (rather formal or literary) to shout loudly 指喊叫、呼喊、呼叫：◆She ran over to the window and cried for help. 她跑到窗口呼喊救命。
scream to shout sth in a loud high voice because you are afraid, angry or excited 指（因害怕、气愤或激动而）尖叫、大叫：◆He screamed at me to stop. 他冲着我大叫，要我停下来。
cheer (especially of a crowd of people) to shout loudly to show support or praise for sb, or to give them encouragement （尤指一群人）欢呼、喝彩、加油：◆We all cheered as the team came onto the field. 球队入场时我们都欢呼起来。
bellow to shout in a loud deep voice, especially because you are angry 指大声吼叫，尤指怒吼：◆'Quiet!' the teacher bellowed. “安静！” 老师大吼道。
raise your voice to speak loudly to sb, especially because you are angry （尤指因气愤而）提高嗓门、大声说话：◆She never once raised her voice to us. 她从未对我们提高嗓门说话。