n.[C]

1. 腰帶；皮帶；帶狀物
   There is a belt of trees between the two fields.

   那兩塊地之間有一片狹長樹林。

2. 傳送帶；傳動帶
3. （常大寫）地帶，地區
   Iowa is in the corn belt.

   愛荷華州地處玉米帶。

   the Cotton Belt

   棉花地帶

4. 【俚】猛擊，狠揍
5. （自動武器的）子彈帶
6. 海峽

vt.

1. 用皮帶抽打
2. 用帶捆住（或佩上）[（+up）]
   The air hostess asked everyone to belt himself in.

   空中小姐要求大家扣好安全帶。

   On seeing the downpour, she belted (up) her raincoat.

   一看到傾盆大雨，她就用皮帶束好雨衣。

3. 用帶（或條紋）標明
   All the boxes to be shipped were belted in green.

   所有交運的箱子都用綠帶標明。

4. 環繞
5. 【俚】猛擊
   The tennis player belted the ball right out of the court.

   那位網球選手將球用力打出球場去了。

vi.

1. 【俚】猛擊；痛罵
2. 【俚】疾馳[Q]
   He belted along on his motorcycle.

   他騎著摩托車一路疾馳。

n.

1. a strip of leather or other material worn round the waist to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons.
   ▸a belt worn as a sign of rank or achievement, as in judo, karate, or similar sports.
   ▸ (the belt) the punishment of being struck with a belt.
2. a continuous band of material used in machinery for transferring motion from one wheel to another.
3. a strip or encircling area of a specified kind:
   the asteroid belt.
4. informal a heavy blow.

v.

1. fasten or secure with a belt.
2. beat or hit very hard.
   ▸ (belt something out) informal sing or play something loudly and without finesse.
3. informal rush or dash in a specified direction.
4. (belt up) Brit. informal be quiet.

[名]

1. 帶子；皮帶。
   자동차 안전 벨트.

   汽車安全帶。