音标：[weist]
n. 腰部, 腰
【医】 腰
在线英汉词典
waist的短语、例句：
waist
n
1 part of the body between the ribs and the hips, usu narrower than the rest of the trunk 腰; 腰部; 腰围
She wore a wide belt round her waist. 她束了一条宽腰带.
She has a 26-inch waist. 她的腰围是26英寸.
He measures 30 inches round the waist. 他的腰围是30英寸.
The workmen were stripped to (ie wearing nothing above) the waist. 工人们光著上身.
[attrib 作定语]
waist measurements 腰围的尺寸.
2
(a) part of a garment that goes round the waist （衣服的）腰部
If the skirt is too big, we can take in the waist. 要是裙子太大了, 我们可以把腰部收紧一些.
The waist is too tight for me. 这件衣服我穿腰部太瘦.
trousers with a 30-inch waist 腰围30英寸的裤子.
(b) garment, or part of a garment, that covers the body from the shoulders to the waist （衣服的）上身（或上身的部分）. Cf 参看 shirtwaist (shirt).
3
(a) narrow part in the middle of sth （物体的）中间细的部分
the waist of an hourglass, a violin, a wasp 沙漏的中部、 小提琴中间凹处、 黄蜂的腰部.
(b) part of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck （轮船的）腰部.
waist