girth

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n. (树的)干围, 周长, 肚带 vt. 围绕, 包围 vi. 围长为

发音

UK /ɡɜːθ/
其它
US /ɡɝθ/
US /ɡɚθ/

词形变化

girths 复数 girths girthing girths 三单 girthing 现在分词 girthed 过去式 girthed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

周长；围长；肚带

动词

围绕；包围

动词

围长为

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

    可数 非正式 不可数
  4. 4.

    A small horizontal brace or girder.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    The distance measured around an object; the circumference.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

    可数 不可数 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To bind as if with a girth or band.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cinch

上位词 4

perimeter tack circumference saddlery

下位词 1

spread

整体词 1

harness
动词

同义词 1

cinch

上位词 3

fix secure fasten

相关短语

girth strap girth straps breast girth

词源

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).

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