belly up 企业倒闭,破产了的
- The company bellied up during the economic recession.
- My stomach is still sore from the belly up I did yesterday.
昨天跳水时,我的腹部撞在水面,今天肚子还在疼。 - The restaurant went belly up after being open for only three months.
这家餐厅才开张三个月就倒了。
belly up \bel"ly up`\, v. i.
to approach (a counter) and stand in front of it; -- used
mostly in the phrase
{belly up to the bar} (i.e. to a counter in a saloon).
[PJC]
belly up \bel"ly up`\, belly-up \bel"ly-up`\, a. [from analogy
to the position of a floating dead fish.]
defunct; bankrupt; -- used mostly of commercial
organizations; often used in the phrase
{go belly-up}, i. e. to go bankrupt.
[PJC]