4below the beltinformalUNFAIRunfair or cruel 不公道的;刻薄伤人的
That was a bit below the belt, Paul.
保罗,那样做有点不公平。
The comments hit below the belt (=they were unfair or cruel).
这些话是恶意中伤。
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below the belt• That was definitely a blowbelow the belt!• Whichever camp you are in, the same celestialadvice will apply - hit below the belt.• Hits us below the belt as often as not.
5have something under your beltDOto have achieved something useful or important 获得某物
a secretary with several years’ experience under her belt
一位拥有数年工作经验的秘书
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have something under your belt• It's difficult to get matches under your belt when you're like that.• Once you've had a few lessons under your belt, you're ready to buy your own skiequipment.
6.belt and bracesBritish EnglishBrE informal a belt and braces way of doing something is one in which you do more than necessary in order to make sure that it succeeds 〔指做事方法〕双重保险的
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belt and braces• Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces.• It retains the Sympatex lining of the earlier model - belt and braces if you like.• It was sealed with Sellotape and staples, a realbelt and braces job.• Three: portly old men should use belt and braces, in case their trousersburst open; the belt hides the disaster.
1hit 击打 [transitiveT]HIT informal to hit someone or something hard 重击,狠揍
Dan belted the ball towards the goal.
丹猛的一脚把球踢向球门。
2go quickly 快速行走 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]British EnglishBrE spokenFAST/QUICK to go somewhere very fast 快速行进SYN charge
belt down/along etc
We were belting down the motorway at 95 miles per hour.
我们以每小时95英里的速度在高速公路上疾驶。
3fasten 系 [transitiveT] to fasten something with a belt 〔用皮带〕系,束
Maria belted her raincoat firmly.
玛丽亚把雨衣系紧。
a dress belted loosely at the waist
裙腰处松松地系着带子的连衣裙
4belt something ↔ outphrasal verbphr vAPMto sing a song or play an instrument loudly 引吭高歌;高声演奏〔乐器〕
She was belting out old Broadway favourites.
她在高唱百老汇的经典老歌。
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belt out• Mark was carrying his jacket, and Clare regretted that she had not taken off her stockings and belt before coming out.• Almost all of the moving objects seen are slow-moving belt asteroids, out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.• When the conveyorbelt stops, out come the text books.• She turns back toward him, to unlatch the seatbelt and run out of the car.• The machinery gave more than the usualtrouble; shafting and belting wore out prematurely.• As he fumbled with his belt he shouted out to the others to throw their grenades.
5belt upphrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrE
a)QUIET spoken used to tell someone rudely to be quiet 住口,闭嘴
belt• It is happypottering through Sloane Square or belting around Silverstone.• She'd kill him if he disobeyed and Nev's dad had threatened to belt him, if he went.• Maggie just turned around and belted him.
belt down/along etc• Picture the belt down across his chest with the sun glinting on the bullets that filled most of the loops.• Rain was belting down, drumming like bullets through the gutters.
1narrow piece of leather, etc. worn around the waist腰帶ADJECTIVE | VERB + BELT | BELT + NOUNADJECTIVE➤narrow, wide窄腰帶;寬腰帶▸➤thick厚腰帶➤leather皮腰帶▸➤chain, studded腰鏈;鑲嵌飾釘的腰帶◇a studded leather belt鑲釘皮腰帶➤matching相配的腰帶▸➤pants, trouser (BrE) 褲帶➤garter, suspender (BrE) 吊襪帶;(褲子的)吊帶◇She was wearing a garter belt and stockings.她穿着吊襪帶和長筒襪。➤money, utility (especially NAmE) 錢包腰帶;多功能腰帶▸➤ammo (informal, especially NAmE) , ammunition, cartridge, gun彈藥帶;子彈帶;(背槍用的)槍帶➤bomb, explosive, suicide炸彈帶;炸藥帶;自殺腰帶➤sword劍帶VERB + BELT➤buckle, do up, fasten扣腰帶;繫腰帶;繫緊腰帶▸➤unbuckle, undo, unfasten解腰帶;鬆開腰帶▸➤tighten勒緊腰帶▸➤loosen鬆腰帶➤adjust調節腰帶BELT + NOUN➤buckle, loop腰帶搭扣/環扣➤holster繫在腰帶上的手槍皮套➤clip皮帶扣➡ topic at clothesbelt
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2in a machine機器ADJECTIVE➤conveyor, drive, fan, timing傳輸帶;驅動帶;風扇皮帶;同步齒型帶belt
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3area of land地區ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤broad, wide寬廣地帶▸➤narrow, thin狹長區域➤central中心地帶▸➤coastal, mountain海岸地帶;山嶽帶▸➤corn, cotton, wheat穀物帶;產棉區;小麥產區▸➤green (= open land around a city where building is strictly controlled) , industrial綠化帶;工業帶◇New roads are cutting into the green belt.新建道路侵佔了綠化帶。➤rust (= an area where industries have closed)工業衰退帶➤Bible (= where many people have strong Christian beliefs) (in the US) 《聖經》地帶(美國南部主張恪守《聖經》全部文句的基督教基要派流行地帶)➤hurricane颶風地帶➤radiation輻射帶◇The space mission provided new data on the Earth's radiation belts.這次太空任務提供了地球輻射帶的新數據。➤commuter, stockbroker (both BrE) 通勤居民帶;城市(尤指倫敦)邊緣的富人區PREPOSITION➤belt of⋯帶◇a narrow belt of trees狹長的林帶