begird

vt. 围绕, 用绳缚

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词形变化

begirded begirding begirds 三单 begirds begirt begirding 现在分词 begirt 过去式 begirt 过去分词 begirded 过去式 begirded 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

    古体 及物

    1876, William Morris (translator), The Æneids of Virgil, London: Ellis & White, Book 5, line 364, p. 130, Let him come forth to raise his arm with hide-begirded hand.

  2. 2.

    To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.

    古体 及物

    1717, Arthur Maynwaring (translator), Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, London: Jacob Tonson, Book 5, “The Story of Perseus continu’d,” p. 148, Perseus begirt, from all around they pour Their Lances on him, a tempestuous Show’r, Aim’d all at him […]

词源

From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- + gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.

来源：wiktionary