Tra từ belt - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

belt [belt belts belted belting] noun, verb BrE [belt] NAmE [belt]
noun

1. a long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the waist
•to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
•a belt buckle
see also ↑black belt, ↑lifebelt, ↑seat belt, ↑suspender belt
2. a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive machinery
see also ↑conveyor belt, ↑fan belt
3. an area with particular characteristics or where a particular group of people live
•the country's corn/industrial belt
• We live in the commuter belt.
•a belt of rain moving across the country
see also ↑green belt
4. (informal)an act of hitting sth/sb hard
• She gave the ball a terrific belt.
more at tighten your belt at ↑tighten

Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.

Example Bank:
•She was wearing a garter belt and stockings.
•The space mission provided new data on the Earth's radiation belts.
•a narrow belt of trees
•a studded leather belt
•Buffalo is an American rust belt city that was home to several steel mills.
•The government promised to maintain the green belt.
•Towns in the country's industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession.
•We live in the commuter belt.
•the US corn belt
Idioms: ↑below the belt ▪ ↑belt and braces ▪ ↑have something under your belt
Derived: ↑belt something out ▪ ↑belt up

verb
1. ~ sb/sth (informal)to hit sb/sth hard
•He belted the ball right out of the park.
•I'll belt you if you do that again.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. (informal, especially BrE)to move very fast
Syn: ↑tear
•A truck came belting up behind us.
3. transitive ~ sth to fasten a belt around sth
•The dress was belted at the waist.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.

Example Bank:
•Her jacket was belted loosely at the waist.
•She belted the coat tightly round her.

See also: ↑buckle up