• n. [解剖] 肚臍；中央；中心點(diǎn)

來(lái)自PIE*nobh,肚臍，詞源同umbilicus,umbilical cord.拼寫(xiě)比較nail,unguent.

navel (n.)

Old English nafela, nabula, from Proto-Germanic *nabalan (cognates: Old Norse nafli, Danish and Swedish navle, Old Frisian navla, Middle Dutch and Dutch navel, Old High German nabalo, German Nabel), from PIE *(o)nobh- "navel" (cognates: Sanskrit nabhila "navel, nave, relationship;" Avestan nafa "navel," naba-nazdishta "next of kin;" Persian naf; Latin umbilicus "navel;" Old Prussian nabis "navel;" Greek omphalos; Old Irish imbliu). For Romanic words, see umbilicus.

The cords of all link back, strandentwining cable of all flesh. [Joyce, "Ulysses"]

"Navel" words from other roots include Lithuanian bamba, Sanskrit bimba- (also "disk, sphere"), Greek bembix, literally "whirlpool." Old Church Slavonic papuku, Lithuanian pumpuras are originally "bud." Considered a feminine sexual center since ancient times, and still in parts of the Middle East, India, and Japan. In medieval Europe, it was averred that "[t]he seat of wantonness in women is the navel." [Cambridge bestiary, C.U.L. ii.4.26] Words for it in most languages have a secondary sense of "center." Meaning "center or hub of a country" is attested in English from late 14c. To contemplate (one's) navel "meditate" is from 1933; hence navel-gazer (1952); see also omphaloskepsis. Navel orange attested from 1888.

1. She wore a checked shirt tied in a knot above the navel.

她身穿一件格子襯衫，衣角在肚臍上方打了個(gè)結(jié)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing.

她對(duì)這場(chǎng)改革嗤之以鼻，認(rèn)為只是無(wú)實(shí)際行動(dòng)的集體空想而已。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. He pulled out his frill as far as his navel.

他把他的皺邊一直拉到肚臍上.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Are you some sort of navel - gazing , no - fun , mopey type?

難道你是那種目光如豆, 又消沉, 又毫無(wú)樂(lè)趣可言的類(lèi)型?

來(lái)自電影對(duì)白

5. Granny is putting the tea oil on your navel.

奶奶在給你的肚臍眼搽茶油.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)