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loin of [animal]
用 of 结构表示取自某动物的腰肉，常用于菜谱等烹饪语境。
The chef recommended a loin of lamb.
厨师推荐了一块羊腰肉。
腰肉
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
腰肉
loin
The chef recommended a loin of lamb.
厨师推荐了一块羊腰肉。
这里指动物肋骨到臀部之间的肉，不是人体腰部。
人体和四足动物身体两侧,位于肋骨和髋骨之间、脊柱两旁的部分。
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
取自动物肋部与臀部之间侧背部的肉块
a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
从动物该部位切下的几块肉中的任意一块。
Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.
人类及四足动物髋骨与肋骨之间的脊柱两侧部位
either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
The chef roasted the pork loin with herbs and garlic.
厨师用香草和大蒜烤了猪腰肉。
The butcher trimmed the pork loins before weighing them.
肉铺老板在称重前把猪腰肉修整了一下。
This recipe calls for lamb loin, which is tender and lean.
这个食谱要求用羊腰肉，它又嫩又瘦。
用 of 结构表示取自某动物的腰肉，常用于菜谱等烹饪语境。
The chef recommended a loin of lamb.
厨师推荐了一块羊腰肉。
动物名加 loin 构成复合名词，泛指该动物的整块腰肉。
I bought a pork loin to roast.
我买了一块猪腰肉来烤。
loin 置于其他肉名之前作定语，指该部位的特定切块，如 chop、steak 等。
He ordered a loin chop with vegetables.
他点了一份配蔬菜的腰肉排。
loins 常用复数形式指身体下半部或腰胯部，较正式或带文学色彩。
He felt a sharp pain in his loins.
他感到腰部一阵剧痛。
Not this
I bought a pig loin at the supermarket.
Use this
I bought a pork loin at the supermarket.
受中文“猪肉”的影响，学习者常把“猪”直译成 pig。英语里猪作为食材叫 pork，因此“猪腰肉/猪外脊”应说 pork loin。pig loin 会让人理解成活的猪的腰部。
Not this
He has a pain in his loin.
Use this
He has a pain in his lower back.
中文的“腰”直译成 loin 并不自然。现代英语中表示人体“腰部/下背部”常用 lower back 或 waist；loin 作名词主要指动物的腰肉，指身体部位时一般用复数 loins 或出现在医学用语里。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
猪腰肉
I bought a pork loin for Sunday dinner.
我买了一块猪腰肉做周日晚餐。
腰排
She cooked a loin chop in a pan.
她在平底锅里煎了一块腰排。
腰肉排
A beef loin steak can be grilled quickly.
牛腰肉排可以快速烤熟。
做好准备；鼓起干劲
The team girded its loins for the final match.
这支队伍为决赛做好了准备。
做好准备（迎接困难）
The team girded up its loins for the final showdown.
团队鼓足干劲，准备迎接最后决战。
儿女；后代
He was proud of the fruit of his loins, his two daughters.
他为自己的两个亲生女儿感到骄傲。
束上你的腰，手里拿着我的杖。
This verse from the Bible (2 Kings 4:29) gives rise to the idiom 'gird up one's loins,' meaning to prepare oneself for action or a difficult challenge. The English uses the archaic pronouns 'thy' and 'thine.'
这节经文出自圣经（列王纪下4:29），由此产生习语“束上自己的腰”，意为做好准备迎接行动或艰巨挑战。英文中使用了古英语代词“thy”和“thine”。
你们腰里要束上带，灯也要点着。
From the Gospel of Luke (12:35), this verse instructs listeners to stay ready and alert. 'Girded about' refers to tucking one's robes into a belt; here it symbolizes spiritual readiness.
这节经文出自《路加福音》（12:35），教导听众保持预备和警醒。“束上带”指把长袍塞进腰带，在这里象征着属灵上的预备。
Use loin naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 loin 记成 line（线）少个 e：腰肉是沿脊背的一条长线，联想记住它指腰部/腰肉。
语域：neutral 常见场景：烹饪、肉类分割、菜单 指动物侧腹的肉时，多用于菜谱、肉铺或餐厅菜单等较具体的饮食场景，语气中性，日常口语中不一定会常用。
Coin, join, groin, and adjoin fully rhyme with loin (all end in /ɔɪn/). Point shares the /ɔɪ/ vowel but ends in /nt/, so it does not fully rhyme. Lion is a spelling lookalike pronounced /ˈlaɪən/ with two syllables, so it does not rhyme with loin.
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