belt

英 [belt] 美[b?lt]

反義詞

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復數:?belts;第三人稱單數:?belts;過去式:?belted;過去分詞:?belted;現在分詞:?belting;

belt 帶子

來自PIE *bhel, 膨脹，鼓起，詞源同ball. 指鼓起來的一圈，繞一圈的帶子。

belt: belt: [OE] Old English belt and related Germanic forms such as Swedish b?lte point to a source in Germanic *baltjaz, which was borrowed from Latin balteus, possibly a word of Etruscan origin. The verbal idiom belt up ‘be quiet’ appears to date from just before World War II.
belt (n.): Old English belt "belt, girdle," from Proto-Germanic *baltjaz (cognates: Old High German balz, Old Norse balti, Swedish b?lte), an early Germanic borrowing from Latin balteus "girdle, sword belt," said by Varro to be an Etruscan word.

As a mark of rank or distinction, mid-14c.; references to boxing championship belts date from 1812. Mechanical sense is from 1795. Transferred sense of "broad stripe encircling something" is from 1660s. Below the belt "unfair" (1889) is from pugilism. To get something under (one's) belt is to get it into one's stomach. To tighten (one's) belt "endure privation" is from 1887.
belt (v.): early 14c., "to fasten or gird with a belt," from belt (n.). Meaning "to thrash as with a belt" is 1640s; general sense of "to hit, thrash" is attested from 1838. Colloquial meaning "to sing or speak vigorously" is from 1949. Related: Belted; belting. Hence (from the "thrash with a belt" sense) the noun meaning "a blow or stroke" (1899).

1. Philippe was in uniform, wearing a pistol holster on his belt.: 菲利普身著制服，腰帶上別著手槍皮套。

2. Do you think it's a bit below the belt what they're doing?: 你覺得他們的做法是不是有點兒不太光明正大？

3. They feel scared and powerless in conveyor-belt hospital wards.: 在千篇一律的病房里，他們感到恐懼而又無能為力。

4. He's a judo black belt but he says he deplores violence.: 他是一名柔道黑帶選手，但他說自己強烈反對暴力。