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腰帶；褲帶；皮帶
A belt is a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist.
例句
He wore a belt with a large brass buckle.
他系著一條帶大銅扣的腰帶。
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（機器的）皮帶，輸送帶
A belt in a machine is a circular strip of rubber that is used to drive moving parts or to move objects along.
例句
The turning disc is connected by a drive belt to an electric motor.
轉盤由一根傳動帶與電機相連。
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地帶；帶狀區域
A belt of land or sea is a long, narrow area of it that has some special feature.
例句
Miners in Zambia's northern copper belt have gone on strike...
贊比亞北部銅礦帶的礦工已經罷工了。
Behind him was a belt of trees, and behind the trees hills and fields.
在他身后是一片樹林，樹林后面是小山和田地。
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VERB
抽打；痛打
If someone belts you, they hit you very hard.
例句
'Is it right she belted old George in the gut?' she asked.
“她真的把老喬治痛打了一頓？”她問。
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VERB
飛奔；疾馳
If you belt somewhere, you move or travel there very fast.
例句
We belted down Iveagh Parade to where the motor was.
我們沿著艾維格大街一路飛奔到汽車那兒。
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（表示柔道或空手道級別的）段，帶
If someone is or has a belt of a particular colour in judo or karate, they have reached the standard which that colour represents.
例句
He is a black belt in karate.
他是空手道黑帶選手。
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PHRASE
殘酷而不公正的
Something that is below the belt is cruel and unfair.
例句
Do you think it's a bit below the belt what they're doing?
你覺得他們的做法是不是有點兒不太光明正大？
...this kind of below-the-belt discrimination.
這種不公正的歧視
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PHRASE
勒緊褲腰帶；緊縮開支；節衣縮食
If you have to tighten your belt, you have to spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
例句
Clearly, if you are spending more than your income, you'll need to tighten your belt.
明擺著，要是你入不敷出，你就得省著點了。
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PHRASE
已經取得（或完成）
If you have something under your belt, you have already achieved it or done it.
例句
Clare is now a full-time author with six books, including four novels, under her belt.
克萊爾現在是全職作家，著有6本書，其中有4部小說。