n.[C]

1. 腰帶
   The girl wore a girdle around her gym tunic.

   這女孩在體操衫外束了一條腰帶。

2. 【書】環形物，環繞物
   A girdle of islands enclosed the lagoon.

   一環小島圍繞著礁湖。

3. （女子的）緊身褡
   The girdle made Ada look much slimmer.

   穿了緊身褡艾達看上去苗條多了。

4. 黃道；赤道

vt.

1. 【書】環繞；繞……而行
   The palace was girdled around with tall trees.

   高大的樹木環抱著王宮。

2. 用帶子捆紮（或纏繞）

n.

1. a belt or cord worn round the waist.
2. a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh.
3. the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting.
4. a ring made around a tree by removing bark.

v.

1. encircle with a girdle or belt.
   ▸surround; encircle.
2. kill (a tree or branch) by cutting through the bark all the way round.

n.

[名]

1. 女性的束腹。