girdle
n
1 cord or belt fastened round the waist to keep clothes in position 腰帶.
2 (rhet 修辭) thing that surrounds sth else 圍繞物
a girdle of green fields round a town 城鎮四周綠色的田野.
3 (anatomy 解) connected ring of bones in the body 帶; 環狀骨
the pelvic girdle 骨盆帶.
4 (dated 舊) corset 束腹緊身衣. girdle, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth (about/around) (with sth) (rhet 修辭) surround sth 圍繞某事物
a village girdled with green fields 綠色田野環繞的村莊
an island girdled about by deep blue water 藍色的深水域環繞著的島.
girdle n (Scot 蘇格蘭) = griddle.