girdle
带子,腰带,腰部,腰围
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Definitions
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- : a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- : a belt, cord, sash, or the like, worn about the waist.
- : anything that encircles, confines, or limits.
- : Jewelry. the edge or narrow band between the upper and lower facets of a gem.
- : Anatomy. the bony framework that unites the upper or lower extremities to the axial skeleton.
- : Architecture. an ornamental band, especially one surrounding the shaft of a column.
- : a ring made about a tree trunk, branch, etc., by removing a band of bark.
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gir·dled, gir·dling.
- : to encircle with a belt; gird.
- : to encompass; enclose; encircle.
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Examples
As opposing armies pound down the doors of the castle, Gawain quietly removes his girdle, and his head falls off.
One of the gifts the lady gives to him is her green girdle — in the poem, that’s the first time he’s encountered a green girdle — and he keeps it for himself, not passing it along to the lord as he promised.
She gives him an exact replica of the girdle from his mother that the scavenger stole in the woods, to his mystification and wonder, and promises it will keep him safe.
Regarding only what is below the girdle,” he added, “it is impossible…to know an old from a young one.
Her long black hair was bound above her forehead with a circlet of turquoises, and the ends, curled about her glittering girdle.
However odd, The Daily Mail has charted the post-baby girdle as a growing trend amongst new moms.
“A source says Brad has been sporting a girdle to control his pudgy midsection recently,” the magazine wrote.
Every female extra wore the right girdle and seamed stockings; every man had the correct length tie.
And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.
Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.
The which the prophet had been commanded to hide, in process of time was marred; it was profitable for nothing.