waist
US: /ˈweɪst/
UK: /wˈeɪst/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
waist /weist/- danh từ
- chỗ thắt lưng
- up (down) to the waist: đến thắt lưng
- waist measurement: vòng thắt lưng
- to grip round the waist: ôm ngang lưng (đánh vật)
- chỗ eo, chỗ thắt lại
- the waist of a violin: chỗ thắt lại của chiếc viôlông
- vạt trên (của áo); (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) áo chẽn (của phụ nữ)
- chỗ thắt lưng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 the area around the middle of the body between the RIBS and the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below: He put his arm around her waist. + She was paralysed from the waist down (= in the area below her waist). + The workmen were stripped to the waist (= wearing no clothes on the top half of their bodies).
2 the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist: It's much too tight at the waist.
3 (-waisted) (in adjectives) having the type of waist mentioned: a high-waisted dress
Collocation
1 part around the middle of the body
ADJ.
narrow, neat, slender, slim, small, tiny | 34-inch, etc.
WAIST + NOUN
height
PREP.
about/around/round the/your ~
She wore a broad belt about her waist.
PHRASES
from the waist down/up
A large towel covered him from the waist down.
| stripped to the waist, waist-deep/-high
Where we were standing, the lake was waist-deep.
2 part of a piece of clothing that goes round the waist
ADJ.
high, low | belted, drawstring, elasticated | tight | 34-inch, etc.
These jeans have a 32-inch waist.
WAIST + NOUN
measurement, size | pocket
Concise dictionary
waistsweɪstnoun
+the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
+the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
