英语词汇“gird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	gird
释义	gird I. \ˈgər]d, ˈgə̄], ˈgəi]\ verb (girded \]də̇d\ ; also girt \]t, usu ]d.+V\ ; girded also girt ; girding ; girds) Etymology: Middle English girden, from Old English gyrdan; akin to Old High German gurten to gird, Old Norse gyrtha to gird, Old English geard yard — more at yard *transitive verb* 1. a. : to encircle or bind with any flexible band (as a belt) < the waist is girded by a purple … sash — New Yorker > b. : to make fast or secure (as a sword by a belt or clothing with a cord) : girdle c. : surround, encircle < no castellated ramparts gird Madrid — E.O.Hauser > < girded round by an open porch — A.W.Turnbull > d. chiefly Scotland : to put a rim or hoop on (a barrel or cask) 2. a. : provide, equip < girded himself with an amulet … and a short stabbing spear — Charles Beadle > especially : to invest with the sword of knighthood < the marshal girded him, kissed him, “and so he was a knight” — R.W.Southern > b. : to invest with powers or attributes < thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle — Ps 18:39 (Authorized Version) > < hast girded me with gladness — Ps 30:11 (Authorized Version) > 3. : to prepare (oneself) for a struggle, test of strength, or other action : brace < the men girded themselves for the coming final blow > < the reader girds himself for yet another disappointment — Charles Lee > *intransitive verb* : to prepare for a struggle, test of strength, or other action < he girded for a rough fight — John Kobler > < girding to repulse a new challenge to his powers — New York Times > Synonyms: see surround • - gird one's loins II. \“, dial Brit “or ˈgird\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English girden, gurden to strike, move rapidly, thrust *transitive verb* 1. dialect Britain : strike, smite 2. : to sneer at : mock, gibe < the British public has never ceased girding him — Augustine Birrell > *intransitive verb* 1. dialect Britain : to move or act quickly or energetically : rush 2. : gibe, jest, rail — usually used with at < girds at your preoccupation … with bodily games — A.T.Quiller-Couch > < I shall not gird at realism — W.T.Stace > < girding at the wrongheadedness of … officials — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: see scoff III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), stroke, blow, from Middle English girden, gurden to strike : a sarcastic remark : gibe, sneer, dig < trenchant girds inspired by strong and genuine feeling against the modern changes — Times Literary Supplement > IV. \ˈgir(d)\ noun (-s) Etymology: alteration of obsolete girth hoop for a barrel or tub, from Middle English girth hoop for a barrel or tub, strap round the body of an animal to fasten something on its back — more at girth Scotland : a hoop especially for a barrel or tub; also : a hoop used as a child's plaything
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