girth

girth的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [gə:θ]
KK音标发音： [gɜθ]

girth的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The distance around something; the circumference.
周围，四周：围绕某物的距离；周围

2. Size; bulk:
尺寸；体积：

a person of large girth.
大块头的人

3. A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch.
肚带：围在动物身上的带子以稳固它背上的负荷或马鞍；肚带

girth的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

4. To measure the circumference of.
量…的围长

5. To encircle.
包围，围绕

6. To secure with a girth.
给…缚上肚带

girth的词源：

7. Middle English gerth [girth strap]
中古英语 gerth [肚带]

8. from Old Norse gj?rdh [girdle] * see gher- ¹
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 gj?rdh [带，腰带] *参见 gher- ¹