midriff

英 [ˈmɪdrɪf]

美 [ˈmɪdrɪf]

n.  腹部; 肚子

复数：midriffs　

医学

BNC.24986 / COCA.23517

牛津词典

noun

• 腹部；肚子
  the middle part of the body between the chest and the waist
  1. a bare midriff
     裸露的腹部

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 上腹部(胸与腰之间的部分)
  Someone'smidriffis the middle part of their body, between their waist and their chest.
  1. ...the girl with the bare midriff.
     露上腹部的女孩

英英释义

noun

• (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities
  Synonym:diaphragm
• the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
  1. young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable
  Synonym:middlemidsection

双语例句

• Image noise and grain artifacts were present in lung apexes above the level of the aortic arch and lung bottom below the midriff.
  图像噪声明显、颗粒较粗大主要出现在主动脉弓以上肺尖区域和膈顶以下背侧区域。
• Seven patients were suffering from chronic renal failure, 2 patients of them with nose midriff perforation, 2 patients with blindness.
  7例表现为慢性肾衰，其中鼻中隔穿孔2例、失明2例；
• Since his arms are about waist-high on the young man, Uncle gently hugs him round his midriff.
  由于他的手臂刚好触到青年的腰，他只能轻轻地抱住他的腹部。
• As for that wretch, he felt for my pulse and listened for my breath to be sure I was dead, then kicked me in the midriff, carried me to the edge of the well, raised me up and dropped me below.
  而那个混蛋，他试了试我的脉搏、听了听我的呼吸，确定我确实死亡之后，踹着我的肚子，把我挪到了井边，搬起我扔进了井里。
• Because midriff flesh is nervous, had better use pectoral type breath.
  由于膈肌紧张，最好采用胸式呼吸。
• These pseudo mini-hats send me hurtling down memory's byways to my boarding school, where the dress code allowed girls to wear anything except shorts and midriff tops but required the boys to don jackets and ties.
  这些伪迷你帽让我的思绪飞到我住在寄宿学校的时候，那里的校规允许女孩们穿任何服装，除了短裤和露脐装，但要求男孩子要穿外套、打领带。
• ''There had been complaints from patients about members of staff baring their midriff and problems with health and safety as some had been wearing sandals.
  病人曾投诉医生护士穿露脐装，以及穿凉鞋时带来的健康和安全问题。
• Just as I had it taped, just as I was in the zone, I became aware of a chap beaming and pointing at his midriff.
  在我录这些话的时候，我已经身处后台了，当时我注意到一个笑呵呵的小伙子正指着他的肚子。
• He was struck by a stabbing pain in his midriff.
  他突然感到腹部一阵剧烈疼痛。
• The authors suggest that there are plausible biological explanations for a link between gallstones and the midriff bulge.
  作者认为有很多的合理的生物解释证明胆石症与鼓胀的腰围有关。