navel

英 ['neɪvl] 美 ['neɪvl]

• n. 肚脐；中心

英英释义

Noun:

1. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached;

   "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"
   "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"
   "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"
   

2. the center point or middle of something;

   "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He pulled out his frill as far as his navel.
   他把他的皱边一直拉到肚脐上。
2. He had no movement or feeling below his navel.
   肚脐以下没有知觉，也不能活动。
3. He is so fat, his navel gets home 15 minutes before he does.
   他太胖了，他的肚脐比他先到家15分钟。

经典引文

• Cyprus was the navel of Byzantine culture.

  出自：Art Artists

词汇搭配

• navel orange 脐橙
• navel-gazing 静思
• amniotic navel cord [医] 羊膜脐带...
• amniotic navel 羊膜脐
• navel ill 脐病
• navel cord 脐带
• Robertson navel orange 罗伯逊脐橙
• navel string 脐带
• fruit navel 果脐
• swollen navel with exudation 脐湿肿
• pain around the navel 脐周痛
• contemplate one's navel 冥想; 遁世隐居; ...

近反义词

【近义词】

• umbilicus [生]脐
• omphalos 脐
• middle 中等的
• hub 中心
• nave (教堂的)中殿...
• centre 中心
• pit 坑
• centrum 【解剖学】中枢...
• bellybutton 肚脐
• belly button 肚脐
• button 纽扣
• belly 腹部
• omphalus 脐