girdle

英 [ˈɡɜːdl]

美 [ˈɡɜːrdl]

n.  (女子的)紧身褡; 围绕物; 腰带
v.  围绕; 环绕

复数：girdles　过去式：girdled　过去分词：girdled　现在分词：girdling　第三人称单数：girdles　

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BNC.20042 / COCA.20948

牛津词典

noun

• （女子的）紧身褡
  a piece of women's underwear that fits closely around the body from the waist to the top of the legs, designed to make a woman look thinner
• 围绕物
  a thing that surrounds sth else
  1. carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees
     树木环绕、精心修整的草坪
• 腰带
  a belt or thick string fastened around the waist to keep clothes in position

verb

• 围绕；环绕
  to surround sth
  1. A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific.
     环绕太平洋的是一连串的火山。

柯林斯词典

• (女子的）紧身褡，束腹紧身衣
  Agirdleis a piece of women's underwear that fits tightly around the stomach and hips.
• VERB 围绕；环绕
  If one thinggirdlesanother, it surrounds it.
  1. Weather satellites have observed a ring of volcanic ash girdling the earth...
     气象卫星观测到一个环绕地球的火山灰带。
  2. The old town centre is girdled by a boulevard lined with trees.
     一条林阴大道环绕古城的中心。

英英释义

noun

• a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
  Synonym:corsetstays
• a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
  Synonym:cincturesashwaistbandwaistcloth
• an encircling or ringlike structure

verb

• put a girdle on or around
  1. gird your loins
  Synonym:gird
• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
  1. girdle the plant
  Synonym:deaden

双语例句

• The minimum and maximum girdle diameters are determined by taking a number of diameter measurements.
  最低纲领与最高束腰直径决意采取了若干直径测量。
• And I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
  你若打死他，我就赏你十舍客勒银子，一条带子。
• Aphrodite also had a magic girdle that made its wearer irresistible, and this she sometimes lent to others.
  阿荚罗狄蒂还有一根神奇的腰带，它使戴着它的人不可抗拒。这条腰带有时候她也借给别人。
• This tissue is found mainly about the shoulder girdle.
  这种组织主要见于肩胛带周围。
• She didn't wear a girdle any more.
  她不再穿紧身褡了。
• "It makes about as much sense as a ceramic girdle with glaze on it," replied Alice.
  “这和上釉的陶瓷腰带几乎没什么两样，”爱丽丝回答。
• But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.
  不过，当这些事物羁绊你们的生命，而你们超脱它们，赤裸而无拘无束，你们更是自由的。
• You still wear the girdle in the family.
  你仍然是我们家的神经中枢。
• The girdle made Ada look much slimmer.
  穿了紧身褡艾达看上去苗条多了。
• Weather satellites have observed a ring of volcanic ash girdling the earth
  气象卫星观测到一个环绕地球的火山灰带。