underarm

英 ['ʌndərɑːm] 美 ['ʌndərɑrm]
  • adj. 腋下的;低手的
  • adv. 用低手

英文词源


underarm (adj.)
1816, "underhand" (in reference to a style of throwing), from under + arm (n.1). First attested 1908 in dressmaking sense of "seams on the lower half of the arm-hole;" as a euphemism for armpit, it is attested from 1930s, popularized by advertisers.

双语例句


1. Practise throwing a ball underarm.
练习低手投球。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He got a sun - tanned underarm shoved up where the sun never shines!
他撸起日光曝晒的手臂上太阳永远照不到的地方!

来自电影对白

3. To cut or slice ( a ball ) with an underarm stroke, as in tennis.
削球, 切球在网球中用下旋手法击 ( 球 )

来自互联网

4. But Hendrawan is excellent at playing overhead stokes and underarm strokes.
叶诚万的头顶击球和臂下击球都是绝好的.

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5. Sniffed alone, the underarm odours smelled equally strong to men and women.
当男女在闻独立腋下气味的时候, 男女的辨别能力旗鼓相当.

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