waistlines

英 [ˈweɪstlaɪnz]

美 [ˈweɪstˌlaɪnz]

n.  腰围; (衣服的)腰部，腰
waistline的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 腰围
  Yourwaistlineis your waist measurement.
  1. A passion for cooking does not necessarily have to be bad for your waistline.
     热衷于做菜并不一定会导致腰围增粗。
• (衣服的)腰身
  Thewaistlineof a piece of clothing is the place where the upper and lower parts are sewn together, which is near to your waist when you wear it.

双语例句

• As they fight rising health-care costs and poor results from voluntary wellness programs, companies across America are penalizing workers for a range of conditions, including high blood pressure and thick waistlines.
  就在应对医保费用不断上升、自愿健康计划收效甚微的局面的同时，全美各地的企业开始对具有某些身体状况的员工实施惩戒措施，其中包括高血压和粗腰围。
• Our waistlines are expanding for one major reason: increasing inactivity.
  身体活动的日益减少是我们腰围见长的一个主要原因。
• He added that the goal is to establish whether apple peel is as good for humans as it is for mice – and work out how many apples we might need to help make muscles bulge and waistlines shrink.
  他还表示，接下来还需要研究苹果皮对于人体的健康效果是否如同对于白鼠那样，并且每天需要吃多少个苹果才能帮助我们强健肌肉和减小腰围。
• But convenience eating comes at a price: McDonald's must be held at least partly responsible for the supersizing of American waistlines.
  麦当劳食品必须为美国人腰围的超级肥大负责，至少要负部分责任。
• Some experts say the government's guidelines on everything from waistlines to blood pressure are so strict that meeting, or exceeding, those targets will be impossible.
  一些专家说，关于从腰围到血压的详尽的政府指导原则是如此严格，以致不可能达到或超过。
• Health care may be expanding rapidly, but so are waistlines.
  医疗保健或许正在迅速拓宽，而人们的腰围亦是如此。
• Hollywood has long been the land of fixed teeth and busts, blurred hairlines and effaced waistlines.
  好莱坞一直以来都充斥着整过的牙齿、隆过的胸部、难辨真假的发际线和缩小的腰围。
• The Egyptian diet of beer, wine, bread and honey was high in sugar, and studies show that it may have done a number on royal waistlines.
  埃及人饮食中的啤酒、葡萄酒、面包、蜂蜜常常含有过多糖分，这可给埃及人的腰贡献了不少脂肪。
• Some experts argue that that will do little to reduce Americans 'bulging waistlines.
  一些专家辩称，这对缩减美国人日益增大的腰围不会有什么效果。
• Comparable figures for the Japanese are sketchy since waistlines have not been measured officially in the past.
  日本可比较的数据并不完全，因为过去从未进行过对腰围的官方测量。