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wasp-waisted
adjective
uk /ˈwɒspˌweɪs.tɪd/ us /ˈwɑːspˌweɪs.ɪd/
(of a piece of clothing) very narrow at the waist: （形容衣服）细腰身的
a wasp-waisted jacket一件细腰夹克衫
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Examples of wasp-waisted
wasp-waisted
The satyr was helping a wasp-waisted woman carry a heavy-looking bronze chest.
From Project Gutenberg
To essay one of the learned professions if wholly uneducated, speculative pursuits if a natural born fool, or hod-carrying if lily-handed, spindle-propped and wasp-waisted, is hardly a proof of intellectuality.
From Project Gutenberg
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