garter
美音:
[´gɑ:tə
]英音:
[´gɑ:tə
]n.吊袜带 v.吊袜带吊住
难易程度:
garter为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:gartered 过去分词:gartered 现在分词:gartering 第三人称单数:garters
garter
/'gɑ:tə(r); `ˇɑrtɚ/
n
1 [C] (usu elastic) band worn round the leg to keep up a sock or stocking (通常为弹性的)袜带.
2 the Garter [sing] badge or membership of the highest order of English knighthood 嘉德勋位(英国爵士的最高勋位); 嘉德勋章
*be awarded the Garter 被授予嘉德勋位.
garter
n[C][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old North French;Origin: gartier, from garet
'bend of the knee']
a band of
elastic (=material that stretches) worn around your leg to keep a sock or
stocking up
AmE one of four pieces of elastic fixed to a woman's underwear and to her stockings to hold them up
British Equivalent:
suspender