waist: [14] Waist is something of a mystery word, but it is generally taken to denote etymologically ‘girth to which one has grown’. It is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English *wæst, which would have gone back to prehistoric Germanic *wakhs- ‘grow’, source of English wax ‘grow’ (as in wax and wane). Related forms which support this hypothesis include Icelandic vöxstr and Gothic wahstus, which mean ‘growth, size’.
waist (n.)
late 14c., "middle part of the body," also "part of a garment fitted for the waist, portion of a garment that covers the waist" (but, due to fashion styles, often above or below it), probably from Old English *wæst "growth," hence, "where the body grows," from Proto-Germanic *wahs-tu- (cognates: Old English wæstm, Old Norse vöxtr, Swedish växt, Old High German wahst "growth, increase," Gothic wahstus "stature," Old English weaxan "to grow" see wax (v.)), from PIE *wegs-, extended form of root *aug- (1) "to increase" (see augment).
双语例句
1. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.
那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。
来自柯林斯例句
2. One of them unwound a length of rope from around his waist.
其中一人把绑在腰间的一条绳子解下来。
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3. She had made Helen a dress which showed off her tiny waist.
她给海伦做了件很显她纤细腰身的连衣裙。
来自柯林斯例句
4. From her tiny waist a crinolined skirt cascaded in three deep tiers.
裙架撑起的三层大裥裙从她的纤腰上款款垂下。
来自柯林斯例句
5. She wore a brown suede jacket, belted at the waist.
