gird

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

girds

V_ing/Gerund

girding

V_ed/pp

girdedgirt

1.
(transitive)To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
2.
(transitive)To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
a castle girded with a moat
The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.
Đồng nghĩa: girdle
3.
(reflexive, transitive)(transitive, chiefly reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
4.
(intransitive)(nautical, intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
On 19 July 2009, the tug North Arm Venture was towing the barge North Arm Express, loaded with fuel and deck cargo, from Toba Inlet to Sechelt Inlet. The tug girded and capsized at approximately 1250 Pacific Daylight Time while making a turn to port at the entrance to Sechelt Rapids .... Girding is defined as a situation where a vessel experiences athwartship forces from its towline. This situation can lead to a capsizing or foundering.
5.
(transitive)To jeer at.
Đồng nghĩa: flout, jibe, fleer, flout, gird, jeer, jibe, scoff, scorn
6.
(intransitive)To jeer.
Đồng nghĩa: scoff, scorn, gird, jeer, jibe, laugh at, scoff, scorn, sneer

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

girds

1.
A sarcastic remark.
2.
A stroke with a rod or switch.
3.
A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

girdle flout jibe fleer jeer scoff scornlaugh atsneer

Cùng gốc / liên quan

begird engird overgird undergird ungird upgird girder girdlegird one's loinsgird up one's loinsgirtgird one's loins, gird up one's loinsthrough-gird

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (to put a belt around, to put a girdle around), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (to gird), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with gurdzje, girdzje, gorden, gürten, gjorda, gyrða, ngërthej.