underbelly 的定义
plural un·der·bel·lies.
- the lower abdomen; posterior ventral area, as of an animal's body.
- the lower surface of an object; underside: the underbelly of an airplane.
- a vulnerable area; weak point: an attack on the soft underbelly of Europe.
- a dark, seamy, often hidden area or side: a police officer continually exposed to the underbelly of society.
underbelly 近义词
等同于 chink in one's armor
等同于 bottom
等同于 undersurface
更多underbelly例句
- The last four years have shown the dark underbelly of an America that has always existed.
- The golden underbelly of a bridge near the Smithsonian Metro station has the unbridled, reaching shine of a sunrise.
- Diggins immediately rolled over, offering Ford her underbelly.
- This year, with slightly more worldliness and way fewer drinks consumed, I could see the emotionally fraught underbelly.
- She shook me and we both saw its silver underbelly pass by the window of my fifth-floor walk-up in Greenwich Village.
- In fact this is a fairly new subculture, albeit one with a dark underbelly of wax-smoking.
- The press was at the height of its power when the Monica story began and Drudge was its underbelly.
- But there is an ugly underbelly to this otherwise charming story and it is not exactly a new wrinkle either.
- The scout ship responded like a nervous horse and fluttered away as the rocket burned and arced beneath the underbelly.
- Repeatedly the two boys dived to jab and slash at the shark's soft underbelly.
- Goode was peering at the ivory inlay on the underbelly of the stock.