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Girth Secure Saddle Horse Waist Strap 英 ɡɜːθ] 美

英语单词 girth
英美音标 英 [ɡɜːθ] 美 [ɡɜːrθ]
中文释义 n.周围长度;带尺;尺寸;(马等的)肚带;腰带
v.量周长;包围;给 ... 缚上肚带
英语例句 (1) My girth is increasing.
(2) He is a man of enormous girth.
(3) Are you saying that Garth has the perfect girth?
(4) Secure the English saddle onto the horse with a girth.
(5) Always check that the girth is tight before mounting the horse.
中文例句 (1) 我的腰围愈来愈大了。
(2) 他是个腰围粗大的男子。
(3) 你的意思是盖斯的尺寸非常完美?
(4) 要确保英式马鞍用马肚带固定在马身上。
(5) 上马前要确定肚带已经系紧。
vocabulary简明 The girth of something is the distance around its middle, and it usually refers to a person’s waist. If you get pregnant with twins, your girth will probably block your view of your toes.
vocabulary扩展 One can measure the girth — diameter of the mid-section — of an airplane, tree trunk, or anything cylindrical, but it most often describes a large human waist. A rail-thin person doesn’t have a “minuscule girth,” but when Aunt Velma has her seventh helping of lasagna and has to unbuckle her belt, her girth has outsized her attire. Girth can also mean a strap that encircles the belly of a horse, mule, or other animal to secure a load.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词](人、动物等的)围长、腰围 The girth of an object, for example a person's or an animal's body, is its width or thickness, considered as the measurement around its circumference.
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  [FORMAL 正式]
  • A girl he knew had upset him by commenting on his increasing girth.

    他认识的一位女孩对他越来越粗的腰身说三道四,这让他心里很不痛快。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](马的)肚带,鞍带 A girth is a leather strap which is fastened firmly around the middle of a horse to keep the saddle or load in the right place.

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