vt. 用带子围绕

vi. 围长为
gird的过去式和过去分词

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.

2. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle,
bandage, etc.

3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

That Nyseian isle,
Girt with the River Triton. --Milton.

4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

I girded thee about with fine linen. --Ezek. xvi.
10.

The Son . . . appeared
Girt with omnipotence. --Milton.

5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's
self for a contest.

Thou hast girded me with strength. --Ps. xviii.
39.

{To gird on}, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely,
like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword.

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.

He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. --1
Kings xviii.
46.

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.


Girt \Girt\,
imp. & p. p. of {Gird}.


Girt \Girt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Girting}.] [From {Girt}, n., cf. {Girth}, v.]
To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to
measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk,
And girt thee with the sword. --Shak.


Girt \Girt\, a. (Naut.)
Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two
anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of
the current or tide.


Girt \Girt\ (g[~e]rt), n.
Same as {Girth}.