girth
girth
noun
noun
- [mass noun]the measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist
（人的）腰围；（在物体中段量得的）围长
■a person's middle or stomach, especially when large
（尤指肥大者的）腰身，腰部；腹部 - a band attached to a saddle, used to secure it on a horse by being fastened around its belly
（系马鞍的）肚带
- [with obj.](archaic)surround; encircle
(古)包围；围绕
the four seas that girth Britain.
环绕英国的四个海。
- Middle English (in sense 2): from Old Norse gjǫrth
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