n.[C]

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

   这女孩在体操衫外束了一条腰带。

2. 【书】环形物，环绕物
   A girdle of islands enclosed the lagoon.

   一环小岛围绕着礁湖。

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

   穿了紧身褡艾达看上去苗条多了。

4. 黄道；赤道

vt.

1. 【书】环绕；绕……而行
   The palace was girdled around with tall trees.

   高大的树木环抱着王宫。

2. 用带子捆扎（或缠绕）

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.