garter
FREQ #24050
n. 袜带 vt. 用袜带系紧, 授嘉德勋位
发音
UK
/ˈɡɑːtə/
其它
US
/ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/
词形变化
garters
复数
garters
gartered
gartering
garters
三单
gartering
现在分词
gartered
过去式
gartered
过去分词
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
袜带
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2.
A bendlet.
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3.
An elastic band encircling any article of clothing.
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4.
One of a set of tapes stretched out horizontally for acrobats and equestrians to leap over as part of a circus act or display of skill.
废旧
v.
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1.
to fasten with a garter
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2.
To wear a garter
不及物
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.
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