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N Girdle Belt English German Meaning Gə:Dl 腰带;转绕物;V

单词 girdle
音标 ['gə:dl]
解释 n. 腰带;转绕物;v. 环绕
红宝书 【英】 n. 腰带(a belt or sash for the waist);v. 环绕(to encircle)
【记】 来自 gird(束腰)+le→束腰 物→腰带
【例】 He girdled the world twice.(他两次周游全 球)
字源 girdle (n.)
Old English gyrdel "belt, sash, cord about the waist," common Germanic. (cognates: Old Norse gyrðill, Swedish gördel, Old Frisian gerdel, Dutch gordel, Old High German gurtil, German Gürtel "belt"), related to Old English gyrdan "to gird" (see gird). Modern euphemistic sense of "elastic corset" first recorded 1925. The verb meaning "encircle with a girdle" is attested from 1580s. Meaning "to cut off a belt of bark around a trunk to kill a tree" is from 1660s. Related: Girdled; girdling.
不择手段背单词 n. 腰带; 缠绕物; v 呈带状环绕 = encircle = surround
【记】gird(v 束缚; 束腰)er-腰带读: 格斗-格斗之前要勒紧腰带
【区】girth[SAT](n 周长; 腰身) = circumference; 小孩birth后要测girth
趣味全助记 【记】来自gird;girl + 音:兜,带→女孩子用肚兜,束带围在腰间;与circle的音形意想象 g=c,d换成c 就是了
【相关】girt gird的过去式;girth 周长,肚带, 腰身, 束带, 围绕

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