English Dictionary

belly-god

名詞

廃用

A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating. / (obsolete) A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure.

日本語の意味

食欲、食物、食事などを司る神 / （旧用）美食家、食いしん坊、暴食家

When the villagers couldn't decide what to serve at the harvest feast, they prayed to the belly-god for guidance.

村人たちは収穫祭で何を出すか決められなかったとき、導きを求めて食欲の神に祈った。

意味（1）

A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating.

The deck-hands were Cantonese, and, as is well known to worshippers of the belly-god, they eat their rice seasoned.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure.

belly-gods （ plural ）