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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2022-05-05 07:47:45 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 70838 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Often occurs as 腰杆儿 or 腰杆子. /(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight)/ See examples below. /(fig.) backing; support/ See dicts. ----------------------- 劉鳳學坐在排練場邊，腰桿打得筆直，銀白的頭髮一絲不苟地梳在腦後。 Liu, seated off to the side of the rehearsal stage, still sits straight upright despite being more than seven decades old, and her silver-white hair is combed back behind her head--every hair in place. 輕柔地，吉他聲緩緩響起，一個音符催促著另一個，舞者們挺直著腰桿兒、架起臂膀，雙手交握，安靜地低著頭，凝神等待著下一個琴聲的高點。 Dancers stand erect, arms extended forward, hands clasped, heads bowed in motionless concentration, awaiting the next upsurge of energy from the guitar. 拄著柺杖，直挺挺的腰桿；「Uno, dos, tres……」 Cane in hand, she calls out in Spanish: "Uno, dos, tres. . . ." 以屈膝跪坐、腰桿挺直的「金剛跪」之姿， where they close their eyes, kneel in the diamond pose, 以及老校長腰桿挺立、默默蹲下撿拾紙屑的身影。 and of their straight-backed former principal quietly squatting to pick up paper trash. 腰桿總是挺直， 夾緊臀部、挺起腰桿等。 clench their buttocks, or straighten their backs. 她腰桿直挺挺地、依然保持優雅。 she has always kept herself standing upright, dignified, and graceful. |
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+ 腰桿 腰杆 [yao1 gan3] /(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight)/(fig.) backing; support/ |