He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window.

She has no waist.

她胖得看不出腰身来.

The workmen were stripped to the waist (= wearing no clothes on the top half of their bodies) .

工人光着上身。

The coat is a bit tight at the waist.

这件上衣腰身瘦了点.

He was naked to the waist.

他光着上身.

The doctors also wore guns at their waist.

医生们的腰间也带着手枪.

The trousers are too wide in the waist.

裤腰太肥了.

a skirt with an elasticated waist

腰部有松紧带的裙子

She was paralysed from the waist down (= in the area below her waist) .

她从腰部以下都瘫痪了。

He put his arm around her waist.

他搂住了她的腰。

He was stripped to the waist.

他上身赤裸。

Here are ideas people have about life in the twenty-first century.

这儿是 二十一 世纪人们对生活的一些想法.

Add up 6,7 and 8 and you'll get 21.

把六、七、八相加,总数是二十一.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二.

This reservoir will be twelve times as large as that reservoir.

这座水库将比那座大十一倍.

He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread.

他是一名有才华的钢琴家,但他不能即席演奏.

He is doing an unseen.

他正在即席翻译一篇东西.

He would often sit and play patience.

他常常坐着玩单人纸牌游戏。

She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.

她很难接受这类观点。

That sort of work wants a lot of patience.

做这样工作需要很大的耐心.

He tended to stutter, which tried her patience...

他老结巴，这叫她难以忍受。