| 单词 | navel |
| 释义 | navel noun[C] uk/ˈneɪ.vəl/us/ˈneɪ.vəl/(informalbelly button)thesmallroundpartin themiddleof thestomachthat isleftafter theumbilicalcord(= thelongtubeoffleshjoiningthebabytoitsmother)has beencutatbirth 肚脐The human torso
Idiomgaze at/contemplateyournavel navel| American Dictionarynavel noun[C] us/ˈneɪ·vəl/(infmlbelly button)thesmallroundpartorhollowplacein themiddleof thestomachwhich isleftafter theumbilicalcord(=longtubeoffleshjoiningthebabytoitsmother)has beencutatbirth Examplesofnavelnavel The sculptures show qualities that are observed in death: bloating, distended bellies and navels, closed eyes, and puffy faces. From theCambridge English Corpus The great wars and their atrocities had receded from memory, and want of war now gave way to restlessnavel-gazing. From theCambridge English Corpus Botting uses the cultural and physical symbol of anavelto illustrate the bonds between person and history, and the common elements within the novel. From theCambridge English Corpus Place one hand over thenavelwhile the other hand stimulates points between the ribs. From theCambridge English Corpus The continuing focus on war-related issues was not primarily a matter ofnavel-gazing, of nostalgia or a preoccupation with the past. From theCambridge English Corpus The hearth denoted thenavelwhich ties the house to the earth. From theCambridge English Corpus The centre of mass is in the middle of the body, roughly level with thenavel. From theCambridge English Corpus Her lace- trimmed dress had rolled up past hernavel, exposing her soft, lithe body. From theCambridge English Corpus The center of the belly is marked with anavelindention. From theCambridge English Corpus When she discusses diaphragmatic breathing, she focuses on the muscles in the front of the body between thenaveland the ribs. From theCambridge English Corpus The juxtaposition of 27 navels does not yet make for a great continental project. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Shortly thereafter, hernavelbegan to bleed. From theCambridge English Corpus At £90 it is probably outside of the personal budget of all but a tiny minority ofnavelgazers but it should find a place in institutional and departmental libraries. From theCambridge English Corpus To some, suchnavel-gazing may seem super-uous. From theCambridge English Corpus After the defeat at the polls, this fundamentally corporatist representation of the party's social profile reinforced its tendency tonavel-gazing, the conviction that its main task was to find itself. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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