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paunch

/pawnch, pahnch/US // pɔntʃ, pɑntʃ //UK // (pɔːntʃ) //

驼背,驼峰,驼铃,驼色

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
    • : the belly or abdomen.
    • : the rumen.

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Examples

  • Hart's the good ol' boy type: wife, kids, mistress, no-nonsense demeanor, the beginnings of a paunch.

  • Prince Albert, Tony Soprano, and Bill Clinton were all known for theirs: the power paunch.

  • Historical novelist Lucinda Brant pinpoints the 18th century as the golden age of the power paunch.

  • Having yourself immortalized with a paunch indicated you were wealthy/held high office/were involved in derring-do.

  • The true paunch is reserved for men of power at the height of their power.

  • The large man puffs himself out in his warm topcoat, which protuberates sensibly at the paunch.

  • Through the garden with lowered eyes, past a dour-looking priest with a small paunch.

  • The dish suits it, for before long it has burrowed half-way into the succulent paunch.

  • A ten-year-old nephew rode behind him, with his short arms encircling his uncle's paunch.

  • Another, with ‘a fair round belly,’ no doubt, they dub Simon Paunch.