garter英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
A bendlet.
An elastic band encircling any article of clothing. Philippines
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. obsolete

— GRAND TRAMPOLINE, by Mr KING, (from Astley's Amphitheatre, London) who will introduce a great variety of leaps. Somerset 1 - Somerset in the Air - while in that position lie will fire two pistols. Somerset 2 - Over garters 12 feet high.

动词 v.

to fasten with a garter transitive
To wear a garter intransitive

— Lady Hester loathed the coarse, deluded and lecherous Princess Caroline, who showed off to Smith by 'dancing about, exposing herself, like an opera girl', and even gartering below the knee:

词形变化

garters plural garters present,singular,third-person gartering participle,present gartered participle,past gartered past

词汇关系

衍生词

arm garter Chinese garter garter belt garterless garterlike garter snake garter stitch have someone's guts for garters jazz garter Order of the Garter prick the garter sleeve garter ungarter

词源

词源 1

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.

词源 2

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.