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.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
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waistnoun/weɪst/
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anatomymedicinesciencesThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
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A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
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The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
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The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
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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.
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The middle part of anything.
- The waist of a bell widens into the lip.
- In the dead vast and middle of the night
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