Значение

значений: 3
  1. The underside of an animal.

    We identified the species of the snake by its blue-grey underbelly.

    the soft belly or underside of an animal's body

  2. The underside of any thing.

  3. (переносно)The side which is not normally seen, normally a dark, immoral place.

    The area by the canal is the underbelly of town – not something you’d see in the guidebooks.

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Примеры

предложений: 7
  1. Does Boston have a seedy underbelly?

  2. Each manta ray has been placed in a category depending on its unique underbelly markings.

  3. Yanni knows the underbelly of Algiers very well.

  4. This is where you'll find Boston's seedy underbelly.

  5. Yanni left Mila's quiet life to enter Algiers' criminal underbelly.

Переводы

языков: 2
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По значениям 1
side which is not normally seen:

Происхождение

From under- + belly.

From under- + belly.

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Формы

мн. число: underbellies
Ед. числоunderbelly
Мн. числоunderbellies

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Синонимы

синонимов: 1
Близкие по смыслу
  • the soft belly or underside of an animal's body:underbody

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 2
Производныеsoft underbellyunderbellied

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соседние слова
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