girdle

girdle1
noun
  1. a belt or cord worn round the waist
    腰带；腰绳
    ■a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh
    （自腰部至大腿的女用）松紧裤
    ■a thing that surrounds something like a belt or girdle
    围绕物
    a communications girdle around the world.
    一个环绕世界的通讯系统。
    ■(Anatomy)either of two sets of bones encircling the body, to which the limbs are attached
    (剖)肢带骨。 见 pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle
    ■the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting
    （已雕琢宝石的）腰棱
    ■a ring round a tree made by removing bark
    （将树木环状剥皮后形成的）环状圈
verb
[with obj.]
  1. encircle (the body) with or as with a girdle or belt
    用腰带（或似腰带物）围绕（身体）
    the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist.
    修士松开了绕在腰上的绳子。
    ■surround; encircle
    包围；围绕
    the chain of volcanoes which girdles the Pacific.
    环太平洋的火山链。
  2. cut through the bark all the way round (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful
    将（树，枝）环状剥皮（让其死去或让其他枝干多结果实）
语源
  1. Old English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird and girth
girdle2
noun
  1. Scottish and northern English term for griddle (in sense 1)
    (苏格兰，北英格兰)。 同 griddle (义项1)
语源
  1. late Middle English: variant of griddle
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