- [countable, usually plural] (British English) (North American English garter)
a piece of elastic attached to a belt and fastened to the top of a stocking to hold it up 吊袜带 She performed the act in stockings and suspenders. 她穿着长袜和吊带表演这个节目。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarysuspender + noun- belt
- stockings and suspenders
- suspenders(North American English)(British English braces)[plural]
long narrow pieces of cloth, leather, etc. for holding trousers up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers at the front and back and passed over the shoulders. 吊裤带;背带 The suspenders held up his trousers. 吊裤带把他的裤子提起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarysuspenders + verb- hold something up