a piece of women’s underwear that fits closely around the lower part of the body down to the top of the legs, designed to make a woman look thinner （女子的）紧身褡 - (literary)
a thing that surrounds something else 围绕物 carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees 树木环绕、精心修整的草坪
- (old-fashioned)
a belt or thick string fastened around the middle part of the body to keep clothes in position 腰带
Word OriginOld English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird and girth.