girdle
girdle 英 [ˈgɜ:dl] 美 [ˈgɜrdl]
n. 腰带；围绕物；妇女紧身褡 vt. 围绕；绕…而行；用带子捆扎
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- A girdle is a tight-fitting undergarment that supports the lower body. The purpose of a girdle is to make a person's waist and stomach look smaller and firmer.
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- n. 腰带；围绕物；妇女紧身褡
- vt. 围绕；绕…而行；用带子捆扎
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1. I want a girdle with gilding .
我想要一件 镀金 的腰带。
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2. Shall girdle me with steel.
将给我束上钢铁的腰带。
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3. Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
沐浴在爱中，要胜过处于交通事故中，束在绑紧的腰带中，处于更高的税级中，或者坐在飞过费城的飞机中。
- girdle (n.) Old English gyrdel "belt, sash, cord drawn about the waist and fastened," worn by both men and women, common Germanic (cognates: Old Norse gyrðill, Swedish gördel, Old Frisian gerdel, Dutch gordel, Old High German gurtil, German Gürtel "belt"), related to Old English gyrdan "to gird," from PIE root *gher- (1) "to grasp, enclose" with instrumental suffix -el (1). Modern euphemistic sense of "elastic corset not extending above the waist" first recorded 1925. Originally a belt to secure the clothes, also for carrying a purse, a weapon, keys, etc.
- girdle (v.) "encircle with a girdle," 1580s, from girdle (n.). Meaning "to cut off a belt of bark around a trunk to kill a tree" is from 1660s, especially in North America. Related: Girdled; girdling.
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