girth

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡɜːθ/    美 /ɡɝθ/|[ɡɚθ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. countable,uncountable
    — He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.
  2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits. countable,uncountable
  3. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. countable,informal,uncountable
    — He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
  4. A small horizontal brace or girder. countable,uncountable
  5. The distance measured around an object; the circumference. countable,uncountable
  6. The length of the shortest cycle in a graph. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To bind as if with a girth or band.

词形变化

girths plural girths present,singular,third-person girthing participle,present girthed participle,past girthed past

词汇关系

近义词
circumference cinch
衍生词
breastgirth breast girth breast-girth digirth girthen girthful girth-galled girthless girthline girthly girthsome girth strap girthy ungirth

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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