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garter

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n.吊袜带 v.吊袜带吊住

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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