waist
要点腰、胴部
意味
- 腰,腰部
- (衣服の)胴部,ウエスト
- (バイオリン・ギターなどの)中央のくびれ
例文
She has to take in the waist of her pants a bit.
彼女はズボンのウエストを少し詰めなければならない。
Those pants are a little tight around the waist.
あのズボンね、腰回りがちょっときつくて。
Those pants are a little too tight in the waist.
そのパンツ、ウエストが少しきつ過ぎるの。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle English wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”), Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.