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gird 音标拼音: [g'ɚd] n. 讥诮
vt. 系以带,佩带,围绕,嘲笑 vi. 准备,嘲笑 讥诮系以带,佩带,围绕,嘲笑准备,嘲笑 gird v 1: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [synonym: {arm}, {build up}, {fortify}, {gird}] [ant: {demilitarise}, {demilitarize}, {disarm}] 2: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [synonym: {girdle}, {gird}] 3: bind with something round or circular [synonym: {gird}, {encircle}] Gird \Gird\, v. i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms. [1913 Webster] Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Gird \Gird\ (g[~e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g["u]rten, Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga['i]rdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf. {Girth}, n. & v., {Girt}, v. t.] 1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band. [1913 Webster] 2. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass. [1913 Webster] That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest. [1913 Webster] I girded thee about with fine linen. --Ezek. xvi. 10. [1913 Webster] The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest. [1913 Webster] Thou hast girded me with strength. --Ps. xviii. 39. [1913 Webster] {To gird on}, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword. [1913 Webster] Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. --1 Kings xx. 11. {To gird up}, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle. [1913 Webster] He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. --1 Kings xviii. 46. [1913 Webster] Gird up the loins of your mind. --1 Pet. i. 13. {Girt up}; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster] Gird \Gird\ (g[~e]rd), n. [See {Yard} a measure.] [1913 Webster] 1. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang. [1913 Webster] Conscience . . . is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer. [1913 Webster] I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Gird \Gird\, v. t. [See {Gird}, n., and cf. {Girde}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. To strike; to smite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To slay him and to girden off his head. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe. [1913 Webster] Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for "gird":
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