過完年，腰部有沒有出現(xiàn)love handles？

今天，我們就跟大家說說英語中有關(guān)“腰部贅肉”的幾種形象說法。

A muffin-top is the phenomenon of overhanging fat when it spills over the waistline of pants or skirts in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing. Muffin-tops are generally considered undesirable.

Muffin-top指腰間被褲子或裙子腰線勒出來下垂的贅肉，看上去像瑪芬蛋糕頂部溢出紙托的樣子，由此得名。一般來說，沒有人喜歡自己腰間有那一圈贅肉的。

Muffin-top originated as Australian slang in mid-2003, but has since become popular in other English-speaking countries. It may have been first popularized by the Australian television show Kath & Kim.

Muffin-top這個說法2003年作為俚語出現(xiàn)在澳大利亞，后來在各個英語國家均被接受。最開始將其普遍傳播的應(yīng)該是澳大利亞電視節(jié)目《凱斯和吉姆》。

除了這個形象的說法，美國人還喜歡用love handles來指“腰間贅肉”。

"Love handles" is an informal term for deposits of excess fat at the side of one's waistline.

Love handles是描述腰部贅肉的一種口頭說法。

此外，我們還常用 a spare tire來形容tire-like shape around the midsection(像輪胎一樣凸出的腰部)。