| 单词 | girdle |
| 释义 | girdle (once / 833 pages) nv 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. Girdles are thought of as old-fashioned ladies' underwear these days, though they are still worn by some — and many others wear "foundation garments" that are essentially modern girdles. Before the late 1960s, many women wore girdles, until the availability around that time of control-top pantyhose. Another kind of girdle is simply a ring that encircles something — a belt, a band of bark around a tree, or the Earth's equator. WORD FAMILYgirdle: girdled, girdles, girdling USAGE EXAMPLESYet from pelvis to chest, their deportment is so unyieldingly erect that they might be wearing girdles. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) The latest candidate is Pluto, the most famous inhabitant of the Kuiper belt, a girdle of asteroids that orbit the sun beyond Neptune. Economist(Nov 17, 2016) “Only one edge of the pelvis was exposed, and the pelvic girdle looked like a set of eagle’s wings in the rock.” New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) 1n a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers Syn|Hypo|Hyper cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth cummerbund a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo band a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) 2n a woman's close-fitting foundation garment Syn|Hypo|Hyper corset, stays panty girdle a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties foundation, foundation garment a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body 3n an encircling or ringlike structure Hypo|Hyper pectoral girdle a skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvisthe structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates skeletal structure any structure created by the skeleton of an organism 4v put a girdle on or around Syn|Hyper gird border, environ, ring, skirt, surround extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle 5v cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients girdle the plant Syn|Hyper deaden incise make an incision into by carving or cutting |
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