waist: [14] Waist is something of a mystery word, but it is generally taken to denote etymologically ‘girth to which one has grown’. It is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English *w?st, which would have gone back to prehistoric Germanic *wakhs- ‘grow’, source of English wax ‘grow’ (as in wax and wane). Related forms which support this hypothesis include Icelandic v?xstr and Gothic wahstus, which mean ‘growth, size’.
waist (n.)
late 14c., "middle part of the body," also "part of a garment fitted for the waist, portion of a garment that covers the waist" (but, due to fashion styles, often above or below it), probably from Old English *w?st "growth," hence, "where the body grows," from Proto-Germanic *wahs-tu- (cognates: Old English w?stm, Old Norse v?xtr, Swedish v?xt, Old High German wahst "growth, increase," Gothic wahstus "stature," Old English weaxan "to grow" see wax (v.)), from PIE *wegs-, extended form of root *aug- (1) "to increase" (see augment).
例文
1. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.
そのワンピースはハチの腰を際立たせ、胸をふっくらさせた。
2.One of them unwound a length of rope from around his waist .
そのうちの1人は腰に縛られたロープを外した。
3.She had made Helen a dress which showed off her tiny waist .
彼女はヘレンに細いウエストがよく見えるワンピースを作ってあげた。
4.From her tiny waist a crinolined skirt cascaded in three deep tiers.
スカートフレームが支えられた三重の大きなスカートが彼女のウエストから垂れ下がっている。
5.She wore a brown suede jacket，belted at the waist .