腰yāo ❶ (腰部) waist; small of the back: 拦 ~ 抱住 seize sb. round the middle; 两手叉 ~ with one's hands on one's hips; akimbo; 扭了 ~ sprain one's back muscles; 齐 ~ 深 waist-deep; up to the waist; 弯 ~ bend down; stoop ❷ (裤腰) waist: 裤 ~ waist of trousers ❸ (腰包; 衣兜) pocket: 我 ~ 里没钱。 My pocket is empty. ❹ (事物的中间部分) middle: 半山 ~ halfway up a mountain; on a hillside ❺ {生理} loins ❻ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 强 Yao Qiang ◆腰板儿 waist and back; body; 腰包 purse; pocket; wallet; 腰部 loin; pars lumbalis; waist; small of the back; 腰缠万贯 tie myriads of strings of cash around the waist — a wealthy person; very rich; wallow in money; 腰带 waistband; belt; girdle; {生} pelvic girdle; upper; bearers; fascia; stomacher; baldric; 腰杆子 back; backing; support; 腰果 Anacardium occidentale; cashew; cashew nut; 腰花 scalloped pork or lamb kidneys; 腰身 waistline; waist; waist measurement; girth; 腰眼 either side of the small of the back; {中医} Yaoyan (extra); 腰斩 cutting sb. in two at the waist (a punishment in ancient China); cut sth. in half; 腰椎 {生理} lumbar vertebra; vertebra lumbalis; 腰子 [口] kidney |