(1)(人坐著時(shí))腰以下至膝的部分(part of the body from the waist to the knees when sitting)[C]：The little girl sat in/on her mother's～. 小女孩坐在她母親的腿上。She sat by the fire with a book in/on her～. 她坐在火爐旁，膝上放著一本書。Everything falls into his～.(fig)他萬事如意。in the～of Fortune走運(yùn)，運(yùn)氣好，drop/dump/throw sth in/into sb's～把某事推到別人身上;be/lie in the～of the gods結(jié)果尚難預(yù)料;She was brought up in the～of luxury up to the age of ten. 她在奢華的環(huán)境中長到10歲。throw oneself into the～of... 投入……的懷抱;
(2)(衣服的)下擺(part of a dress covering this part of the body)[C]：The girl picked up the fallen apples and carried them in her～. 女孩把落在地上的蘋果拾起來用衣服兜著。
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