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

• He tried to have others under his girdle.
  他想控制其他人。
• Oddly enough, this ventilation shift may have kicked off the gradual morphing of the shoulder girdle and pectoral fins.
  奇怪的是，这呼吸上的改变有可能启动了前肢带与胸鳍的形态逐渐改变。
• "You are certainly a girdle," said the collar;
  我想你是一根腰带吧？
• 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。
• This is very stressful on the shoulder girdle.
  这是非常紧张的肩胛带。
• 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。
• One of the bones of the pectoral girdle in many vertebrates.
  胸带骨许多脊椎动物的胸带骨中的一块。
• We are very delightful to get rid of the girdle, responsibilities and obligations of our life.
  我们非常高兴能摆脱生活的羁绊，责任和义务。
• 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。
• So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
  我就照着耶和华的话，买了一根带子束腰。