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English - Vietnamese Dictionary
girdle /'gə:dl/- danh từ
- (Ê-cốt) cái vỉ (để) nướng bánh
- vòng đai
- a girdle of green fields round a town: vòng đai cánh đồng xanh xung quanh thành phố
- (kỹ thuật) vòng, vòng kẹp
- (giải phẫu) đai
- shoulder (pectoral) girdle: đai vai
- hip (pelvic) girdle: đai hông, đai chậu
- khoanh bóc vỏ (quanh thân cây)
- to be under somebody's girdle
- bị ai xỏ mũi, bị ai chi phối, bị ai điều khiển
- ngoại động từ
- thắt lưng; bao quanh bằng vòng đai
- ôm
- to girdle somebody's waist: ôm ngang lưng ai
- bóc một khoanh vỏ (quanh thân cây)
Concise Dictionary
girdles|girdled|girdling'gɜrdl /'gɜːdl
noun
+an encircling or ringlike structure
+a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
+a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
verb
+cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
+put a girdle on or around
Advanced English Dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a piece of women's underwear that fits closely around the body from the waist to the THIGH, designed to make a woman look thinner
2 (literary) a thing that surrounds sth else: carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees
3 (old-fashioned) a belt or thick string fastened around the waist to keep clothes in position
+ verb [VN] (literary) to surround sth: A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific.
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