paunch（名词）：（尤指男性的）凸起的腹部、啤酒肚；也可泛指肚子。常带有略微调侃或不太正式的语气。
/ pɔːntʃ /
His suit still fit, but his paunch was starting to show.
他的西装仍然合身，但他的啤酒肚开始显出来了。
As the years passed, he grew a paunch that made him look older than he felt, despite his lively eyes and quick wit.
随着岁月流逝，他长出了一个让他看起来比实际感觉更老的肚腩，尽管他眼神依旧灵动、言辞依旧机敏。
paunch源自中古英语，来自古法语 pance/panche（“肚子、腹部”之意），再往前与拉丁语中表示“腹部、内脏”的词根相关。词义长期稳定，主要指“突出的肚腹”。
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