loin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++loin /lɔɪn/ noun 1. loins [plural] literary the part of your body below your waist and above your legs, which includes your sexual organs 下身，下体2 [countable, uncountable]DF a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal’s back 〔动物的一块〕腰肉 roast loin of pork 烤猪腰肉 → gird (up) your loins at gird(1)
Examples from the Corpus
loin• He goes steps up and it is too much good: his belly is fat and he empties his loins often.• Place rabbit loins down center of mold, then top with remaining meat mixture, filling terrine to top.• Roasts are center cut, blade or rib end, and sirloin loin.• Chops from the loin are rib, loin, and butterfly.• The trouble is, many of us don't come out of the loins of righteous people.• Again he ran his gaze down his reflection from shoulder to loins.Origin loin (1300-1400) Old French loigne, from Latin lumbusloin nounChinese
your Corpus below of body the part waist your
loin
loin /lɔɪn/
noun
2. [uncountable and countable] a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal’s back:
roast loin of pork
⇨ gird (up) your loins at gird(1)
loin /lɔɪn/
noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: loigne, from Latin lumbus
1. loins [plural] literary the part of your body below your waist and above your legs, which includes your sexual organsLanguage: Old French
Origin: loigne, from Latin lumbus
2. [uncountable and countable] a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal’s back:
⇨ gird (up) your loins at gird(1)
