underbelly / ˈʌn dərˌbɛl i /

⚽高中词汇小腹腹地小腹下小腹处

underbelly 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural un·der·bel·lies.

  1. the lower abdomen; posterior ventral area, as of an animal's body.
  2. the lower surface of an object; underside: the underbelly of an airplane.
  3. a vulnerable area; weak point: an attack on the soft underbelly of Europe.
  4. a dark, seamy, often hidden area or side: a police officer continually exposed to the underbelly of society.

underbelly 近义词

underbelly

等同于 chink in one's armor

underbelly

等同于 bottom

underbelly

等同于 undersurface

更多underbelly例句

  1. The last four years have shown the dark underbelly of an America that has always existed.
  2. The golden underbelly of a bridge near the Smithsonian Metro station has the unbridled, reaching shine of a sunrise.
  3. Diggins immediately rolled over, offering Ford her underbelly.
  4. This year, with slightly more worldliness and way fewer drinks consumed, I could see the emotionally fraught underbelly.
  5. She shook me and we both saw its silver underbelly pass by the window of my fifth-floor walk-up in Greenwich Village.
  6. In fact this is a fairly new subculture, albeit one with a dark underbelly of wax-smoking.
  7. The press was at the height of its power when the Monica story began and Drudge was its underbelly.
  8. But there is an ugly underbelly to this otherwise charming story and it is not exactly a new wrinkle either.
  9. The scout ship responded like a nervous horse and fluttered away as the rocket burned and arced beneath the underbelly.
  10. Repeatedly the two boys dived to jab and slash at the shark's soft underbelly.
  11. Goode was peering at the ivory inlay on the underbelly of the stock.