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 |