belt

记忆“belt”可以使用视觉联想法。想象一个皮带（belt）紧绷在皮带扣（belt buckle）上，形成“ belts-buckle”这个结构。通过视觉图像将“belt”与“buckle”联系在一起，帮助记忆“belt”的意思是皮带。

belt 带子

来自PIE *bhel, 膨胀，鼓起，词源同ball. 指鼓起来的一圈，绕一圈的带子。

belt

belt: [OE] Old English belt and related Germanic forms such as Swedish bälte point to a source in Germanic *baltjaz, which was borrowed from Latin balteus, possibly a word of Etruscan origin. The verbal idiom belt up ‘be quiet’ appears to date from just before World War II.

belt (n.)

Old English belt "belt, girdle," from Proto-Germanic *baltjaz (cognates: Old High German balz, Old Norse balti, Swedish bälte), an early Germanic borrowing from Latin balteus "girdle, sword belt," said by Varro to be an Etruscan word.

As a mark of rank or distinction, mid-14c.; references to boxing championship belts date from 1812. Mechanical sense is from 1795. Transferred sense of "broad stripe encircling something" is from 1660s. Below the belt "unfair" (1889) is from pugilism. To get something under (one's) belt is to get it into one's stomach. To tighten (one's) belt "endure privation" is from 1887.

belt (v.)

early 14c., "to fasten or gird with a belt," from belt (n.). Meaning "to thrash as with a belt" is 1640s; general sense of "to hit, thrash" is attested from 1838. Colloquial meaning "to sing or speak vigorously" is from 1949. Related: Belted; belting. Hence (from the "thrash with a belt" sense) the noun meaning "a blow or stroke" (1899).

1. Philippe was in uniform, wearing a pistol holster on his belt.

菲利普身着制服，腰带上别着手枪皮套。

2. Do you think it's a bit below the belt what they're doing?

你觉得他们的做法是不是有点儿不太光明正大？

3. They feel scared and powerless in conveyor-belt hospital wards.

在千篇一律的病房里，他们感到恐惧而又无能为力。

4. He's a judo black belt but he says he deplores violence.

他是一名柔道黑带选手，但他说自己强烈反对暴力。

5. It was taken right there on a conveyor belt.

它被传送带直接送到了那边。

【region, area, belt, district, zone】
region: 地区，指较大范围内的区域，一般按自然条件和自身特点划分。如：an autonomous region(自治区)
area: 面积，范围，一般用语，没有明确的外围界限，也可指占地面积。如：The factory covers an area of 500 mu.(这工厂占地50亩。)
belt: 地带，通常指狭长的地带。如：The northern part of the country is usually regarded as the wheat belt.(这国家的北部通常被看作小麦种植地带。)
district: 区，行政区，指一国家或城市按行政区的划分。如：the economic development district(经济开放区)
zone: 地带，地区，区域，指某一特定的地方或区域。如：Most of China is in the temperate zone.(中国的大部分地区在温带。)

【region, area, districk, belt, neighbourhood, zone, section, quarter】
这组词都有“地区”的意思，其区别是：
region: 普通用词，常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域，特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
area: 普通用词，指整体中较大的，界线不分明的一部分。
districk: 多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
belt: 从本义“带，带状物”引申而指任何广阔的长条地带，也可指种植某种作物的地区。
neighbourhood: 指比section的划定更清楚，范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区，也可指附近一带。
zone: 科技用词，指圆形或弧形地带，尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时，也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
section: 普通用词，指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
quarter: 指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区，比section范围小，但划分更精确。